{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:Richard Waitt (d.1732) - Richard Waitt (d.1732), Portrait Painter, Self Portrait - PG 2142 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg|thumb|right|Richard Waitt self-portrait, 1731, National Galleries Scotland]]

'''Richard Waitt''' (24 January 1684 - 1732) was a Scottish painter.<ref>The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.</ref>

==Life==

His parents were Thomas Waitt (born c. 1665) from Scotland; and Marie Birrell (born c. 1670) from Scotland.

Richard Waitt was born on 24 January 1684 in Canongate, Edinburgh.

He married Margaret Friebairn on 24 April 1707 in Edinburgh.<ref>The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.</ref>

==Art==

Waitt was taught by John Scougal, and started out as a decorative painter focusing mainly on still lifes. However, later he painted primarily portraits, and for many years worked almost exclusively with the Clan Grant. He was active from c.&nbsp;1708 and died in 1732.<ref name="ref1">{{Cite web |title=Richard Waitt |url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/artists/richard-waitt |access-date=2014-01-07 |website=National Galleries of Scotland}}</ref>

{{clear|both}} <gallery> File:Richard Waitt (d.1732) - Reverend Ralph Erskine (1685–1752), Secession Leader and Poet - PG 1239 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg|Rev. Ralph Erskine, painted 1712 File:Kenneth-sutherland-3rd-lord-duffus-d-1734-jacobite.jpg|Kenneth Sutherland, 3rd Lord Duffus, painted c.&nbsp;1712 File:GrantPiper.JPG|William Cummimg, Clan Grant piper, painted 1714 File:Archibald Grant of Monymusk, Royal Company of Archers, 1715 by Waitt.jpg|Young Archibald Grant of Monymusk in Royal Company of Archers uniform, painted 1715 File:Richard Waitt (d.1732) - Still Life - NG 2366 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg|Still life, painted 1724 File:Richard Waitt (d.1732) - Andrew Macpherson of Cluny (1640–1666), 15th Chief - PG 1546 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg|Andrew Macpherson of Cluny, 15th Chief, painted c.&nbsp;1725 File:Richard Waitt - The Cromartie Fool - Google Art Project.jpg|''The Cromartie Fool'', painted 1731 </gallery>

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