George Rae (1817–1902) was a British banker and stockbroker based in

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. He is most notable for his patronage of the

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and his commissioning and acquisition of works by

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, Arthur Hughes and

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. His commissions included Rossetti's '' The Beloved'', commissioned in 1863 for £300 but only completed two years later. He later owned Rosetti's ''

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''. He also acquired landscapes by local

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artists like William J Bond and William Davis, hanging his collection in Redcourt, his house in the Wirral.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rae, George 1817 births 1902 deaths English bankers English stockbrokers English art patrons People associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 19th-century English businesspeople