Summary
THE story behind one of Scotland's most famous paintings, The Skating Minister, is revealed in the first edition of the Scottish Review of Books printed with today's Sunday Herald.
In an extract from a new book - to be published by the National Galleries of Scotland and the National Museums of Scotland - Duncan Thomson, former director of Scottish National Portrait Gallery and an expert on the artist Henry Raeburn, examines how the painting became a Scottish symbol.See the full content of this document
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The 18th century canvas was only bought for the Nationa...
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