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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:: 70531
Reading the Will
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *76 ?? 115 cm
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Painting ID:: 90757
Victoria holding a Privy Council meeting
1838 (Public Domain by age). Oil on canvas.
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Painting ID:: 98311
Portrait of Sam Bough
1778(1778)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 74.9 x 62.2 cm
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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: | John Vanderbank | Masolino | IBBETSON, Julius Caesar | Francesco Giuseppe Casanova | John Lavery |
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