Produced by Al Haines [Illustration: Cover art] MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR EDITED BY -- T. LEMAN HARE RAEBURN 1756-1823 ===================================================================== PLATE I.--LORD NEWTON (Frontispiece). (National Gallery of Scotland.) This chef-d'oeuvre, which dates from about 1807, represents one of the most celebrated characters who ever sat upon the bench of the Court of Session. Famous in his day for "law, paunch, whist, claret, and worth," the exploits of Charles Hay, "The Mighty," as he was called, have become traditions of the Parliament House. (See p. 79.) [Illustration: Plate I.] ===================================================================== RAEBURN BY JAMES L. CAW ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR [Illustration: Title page art] LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO. 1909 CONTENTS Introduction Chapter I. " II. " III. " IV. " V. " VI. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Plate I. Lord Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece (National Gallery of Scotland) II. Children of Mr and the Hon. Mrs Paterson of Castle Huntly (In the possession of Chas. J. G. Paterson, Esq.) III. Mrs Lauzun (National Gallery, London) IV. Mrs Campbell of Balliemore (National Gallery of Scotland) V. Professor Robison (University of Edinburgh) VI. John Tait of Harvieston and his Grandson (In the possession of Mrs Pitman) VII. Miss de Vismes (In the possession of the Earl of Mansfield) VIII. Mrs Scott Moncrieff (National Gallery of Scotland) [Illustration: Raeburn]