雷布恩出生在一个制造商的儿子斯托克布里奇，在Leith水; 现在前村城市内的爱丁堡。他的祖先被认为已经被士兵，并可能已经从一个安嫩代尔山农场，由沃尔特·斯科特爵士的家人举行所采取的名字“雷布恩”。父母双亡，他由他的哥哥，并放置在支持赫瑞的医院，在那里接受教育。在十五岁的时候，他当了学徒到金匠爱丁堡詹姆斯·吉利兰，件及各种首饰，哀悼戒指之类的，就用图纸分饰象牙由他的手，依然存在。不久，他走上生产精心完成的画像微缩模型 ; 成功和惠顾会议上，他扩大了他的做法是油画，在他是自学成才。吉利兰看着他感兴趣的学生的进步，并把他介绍给大卫·马丁，谁曾最喜爱的助理阿伦拉姆齐后期，并且现在在爱丁堡的主要肖像画家。雷布恩尤其被画像复制的贷款援助。不久，他获得了足够的技能，使他决定投身专门画。乔治·查默斯（1776;邓弗姆林市政厅）是他已知最早的画像。

 人像詹姆斯和约翰·李·艾伦，18世纪90年代初的，

在二十出头，雷布恩被要求画当他从大自然中写生领域他注意到一位年轻的女士肖像。安妮Bridgelands的彼得·埃德加的女儿，Deanhaugh计数詹姆斯张国荣的遗孀。由英俊和智力的青年艺术家着迷，她成了他的妻子在一个月之内，给他带来充足的财富。财富的收购并没有影响他的热情和他的产业，但促使他在获得他的手艺透彻的认识。这是通常的艺术家访问意大利，并雷布恩衬托着他的妻子。在伦敦，他被好心的先生所收到的雷诺兹的总统皇家学院，谁劝他在罗马学什么，特别推荐的作品米开朗基罗，并给引进雷布恩字母意大利。在罗马，他遇到了自己的同胞斯科特加文·汉密尔顿，旁派吉罗拉莫巴托尼和Byers，一个古董商的意见被证明是特别有用的，尤其是“他不应该从内存复制对象，但是，从主要人物的微小配件的建议，有它摆在他面前。“ 后在意大利学习两年，他回到爱丁堡在1787年，并开始了成功的职业生涯作为肖像画家。在这一年，他执行第二的层次肖像总统阁下 登打士。

 Rebn was born in a manufacturer's son, Storck, in Leith water; now in the former village of Edinburgh in the city of. His ancestors were believed to have been taken by soldiers, and may have been taken from a Dyer hill farm, held by Sir Walter Scott's family by the name "ray Boone". His parents died, he was educated by his brother, and placed in support of the hospital, where he received education. At the age of fifteen, he was apprenticed to a goldsmith, James Gilliland of Edinburgh, and all kinds of jewelry, mourning ring like, with drawing decoration ivory from his hands, still exist. Soon, the portrait miniatures carefully completed production on his success; and throughout the meeting, he expanded his practice in painting, he is self-taught. Ji Leland looked at his interest in the progress of the students, and introduced him to David Martin, who had been assistant Alunlamu favorite Qi later and now in Edinburgh, the main portrait painter. Rebn was especially drawn by copying the loan aid. Before long, he acquired enough skill to make his decision to devote himself to the painting. George Chalmers (1776; Dunfermline Town Hall) is the earliest known portrait of him.

James and John Lee Alan, early 1790s,

In his early days, Boone was asked to draw a picture of a young woman when he was sketching from nature in the field of twenty. Anne Bridgelands, the daughter of Peter Edgar, count James Leslie Cheung's widow Deanhaugh. Fascinated by the handsome and intelligent young artist, she became his wife within a month and brought him plenty of wealth. The acquisition of wealth did not affect his enthusiasm and his industry, but prompted him to gain a thorough understanding of his craft. This is usually the artist's visit to Italy, and ray Boone sets off his wife. In London, he was well received by Mr. Reynolds, President of the Royal College of, who advised him to study in Rome, in particular, the work of the author recommended by the author, and gave the introduction of the thunder letter to Italy. In Rome, he met his compatriot Scotgavin Hamilton, by Peggy Laura MoBa Toni and Byers, a dealer's advice proved to be particularly useful, especially he should not copy the object from memory, however, from the small accessories main characters of the proposal, it is placed in front of him. After studying in Italy for two years, he returned to Edinburgh in 1787 and began a successful career as a portrait painter. In that year, he performed the second level portrait of the president of the United states.