Long-lost portrait of Scotland’s national bard on public display for first time

The lost portrait of Robert Burns by artist Sir Henry Raeburn on display at the National Galleries Scotland in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

A long-lost portrait of Scotland’s national bard that was found more than 200 years after it seemingly vanished has gone on public display for the first time.

The portrait of Robert Burns painted by Sir Henry Raeburn, King George IV’s own painter, had been missing for some 220 years, but was recovered in March last year during a house clearout in Surrey.