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- William Aikman
- Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, 1655 - 1716. Scottish patriot
- PG 890
- Scottish Art
- William Aikman
- William Aikman, 1682 - 1731. Artist (Self-portrait)
- 1711
- PG 309
- On Display
- Scottish Art
- William Aikman
- John Gay, 1685 - 1732. Poet and dramatist
- about 1720
- PG 718
- Scottish Art
- William Aikman
- Sir Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont, 1641 - 1724. Statesman
- about 1720
- PG 3540
- Scottish Art
![John Campbell [Mac Cailein Mòr], 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich, 1680 - 1743. Soldier and statesman](http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/collection/PG 692.jpg)
- William Aikman
- John Campbell [Mac Cailein Mòr], 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich, 1680 - 1743. Soldier and statesman
- About 1720
- PG 692
- On Display
- Scottish Art
- William Aikman
- James Thomson, 1700 - 1748. Poet
- 1720
- PG 331
- Scottish Art
- William Aikman
- Allan Ramsay, 1684 - 1758. Poet
- 1722
- PG 973
- On Display
- Scottish Art
- William Aikman
- Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, 1676 - 1755. Judge of the Exchequer Court in Scotland
- about 1725
- PG 1355
- Scottish Art
- William Aikman
- Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Lord Minto, 1693 - 1766.
- about 1726
- PG 3307
- Scottish Art
William Aikman (Scottish, 1682 - 1731)
The son and heir of an Angus laird, Aikman sold his estates to finance his training as a painter. He studied with Sir John de Medina in Edinburgh before travelling to London in 1704. In 1707 he left for Italy, where he may have worked with Carlo Maratta. He also visited Turkey. Aikman returned to Edinburgh in 1711 after Medina's death and became the leading portrait painter in Scotland. By 1723, in search of new commissions and wider acclaim, Aikman moved to London. The Scottish nobility resident in London after the Act of Union of 1707 formed a large part of his clientele but he was also part of Lord Burlington's circle.
