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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:: 45946
Tempera undated one Standing by a Horse
mk178
on paper
27.3x19.7cm
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Painting ID:: 52548
Sotiri, Dragoman of Mr Colquhoun
1840 Watercolour, gouache and oil over pencil, 475 x 328 mm
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Painting ID:: 56176
self portrait
mk247
1804,oil on canvas,30x25 in,76x63 cm,national gallery of scotland,edinburgh,uk
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Painting ID:: 61613
Self portrait of Sir David Wilkie aged about 20
Self portrait of Sir David Wilkie aged about 20
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Painting ID:: 61614
Sir David Wilkie flattering portrait of the kilted King George IV for the Visit of King George IV to Scotland, with lighting chosen to tone down the b
Sir David Wilkie's flattering portrait of the kilted King George IV for the Visit of King George IV to Scotland, with lighting chosen to tone down the brightness of his kilt and his knees shown bare, without the pink tights he wore at the event.
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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: | Dankvart Dreyer | Philippe de Momper | Gabriel-Francois Doyen | Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz | john scarlett davis |
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