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George Willison
Portrait painter who was born in Edinburgh in 1741 and returned there to spend his retirement.
He was a pupil of Mengs in Rome, before Mengs left for Madrid in 1761.
He painted "Boswell" in Rome in 1765 which is now in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Willison was in London from 1767 and exhibited at the Scottish Academy between 1767 - 1770, and at the Royal Academy in 1771 and 1772.
He left London for an opulent retirement in Edinburgh around 1784.
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Painting ID:: 82713
Portrait of George Pigot
1777(1777)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 67.3 x 56.5 cm (26.5 x 22.2 in)
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Painting ID:: 82842
Portrait of James Boswell
1765(1765)
Medium Oil
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Painting ID:: 94974
Lady Jane Grey Preparing for Execution
1835(1835)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 56 x 46.25 in
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Painting ID:: 98143
garden of England
Oil on canvas. 63 x 76 cm
Date 1865(1865)
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Painting ID:: 98152
Boats on the shore
circa 1880(1880)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 36 x 53.5 cm
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George Willison
Portrait painter who was born in Edinburgh in 1741 and returned there to spend his retirement.
He was a pupil of Mengs in Rome, before Mengs left for Madrid in 1761.
He painted "Boswell" in Rome in 1765 which is now in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Willison was in London from 1767 and exhibited at the Scottish Academy between 1767 - 1770, and at the Royal Academy in 1771 and 1772.
He left London for an opulent retirement in Edinburgh around 1784.
. Related Artists to George Willison: | Gustav Graef | Eloi Firmin Feron | Peacock, Joseph | Weeks Lord-Edwin | Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze |
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