The Delicate Precision of a Scottish Master In the intimate, luminous world of eighteenth-century portraiture, few artists captured the fleeting essence of a human gaze as tenderly as John Bogle. A master of the miniature, Bogle’s life and work represent a bridge between the rugged traditions of Scotland and the refined elegance of the London art scene. Born around 1746 in Glasgow, the son of an excise officer, Bogle’s journey began i…