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. The painting, commissioned in 1803, was purchased for £84,320 (including buyer’s premium) at auction in London shortly after it was discovered.