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Sir David Wilkie
1785-1841
British Sir David Wilkie Galleries
Wilkie may have inherited his rectitude and tenacity, even his nervous inhibitions, from his father, the minister of his native parish. Though little responsive to schooling, he showed an early inclination towards mimicry that expressed itself in drawings, chiefly of human activity. In these he was influenced by a copy of Allan Ramsay pastoral comedy in verse, the Gentle Shepherd (1725), illustrated by David Allan in 1788. One of the few surviving examples of his early drawings represents a scene from it (c. 1797; Kirkcaldy, Fife, Mus. A.G.). Wilkie cherished the demotic spirit of this book and its illustrations throughout his life.
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Painting ID:: 563
The Letter of Introduction
1813 National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
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Painting ID:: 564
The Blind Fiddler
1806
Tate Gallery, London
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Painting ID:: 21442
Reading the Will (mk09)
1820
Oil on panel,76 x 115 cm
Munich,Bayerische Staatsgemalde-sammlungen,Neue Pinakothek
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Painting ID:: 23535
The Letter of Introduction (nn03)
1813
Oil on panel 61 x 50 cm 24 x 19 3/4 in
National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh
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Painting ID:: 24037
The Defence of Saragossa (mk25)
1828
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Sir David Wilkie
1785-1841
British Sir David Wilkie Galleries
Wilkie may have inherited his rectitude and tenacity, even his nervous inhibitions, from his father, the minister of his native parish. Though little responsive to schooling, he showed an early inclination towards mimicry that expressed itself in drawings, chiefly of human activity. In these he was influenced by a copy of Allan Ramsay pastoral comedy in verse, the Gentle Shepherd (1725), illustrated by David Allan in 1788. One of the few surviving examples of his early drawings represents a scene from it (c. 1797; Kirkcaldy, Fife, Mus. A.G.). Wilkie cherished the demotic spirit of this book and its illustrations throughout his life.
. Related Artists to Sir David Wilkie: | May Wilson Preston | Maria Giovanna Clementi | James holland,r.w.s | askevold | Gian Lorenzo Bernini |
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