Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Viscount Melville, 1823 May 3.

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Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Viscount Melville, 1823 May 3.

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In which he petitions to be appointed to the office known as the King's "First Limner & Painter in Scotland"; the request was complied within the same month, but Raeburn lived only two months more to enjoy the honor.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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