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Dr Robert Knox, 1791 - 1862. Anatomist. ('Wretch's Illustrations of Shakespeare', Burke and Hare above and Burke with Knox, no. 7 of second series, Noxiana series of satires)
  • R.H. Nimmo
  • Dr Robert Knox, 1791 - 1862. Anatomist. ('Wretch's Illustrations of Shakespeare', Burke and Hare above and Burke with Knox, no. 7 of second series, Noxiana series of satires)
  • 1827 - 1829
  • SP VI 166.13
  • Scottish Art
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R.H. Nimmo (Scottish, active 1827 - 1829)

Nimmo was an Edinburgh engraver and lithographer who was active between 1827 and 1829. His work comprises a range of subjects including portraits, birds and animals, and topographical works. He exhibited several times throughout his career at the Royal Scottish Academy.

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Engraving

The printmaking technique in which an image is inscribed on a copper plate with a tool that cuts a groove in the surface. This groove holds the ink that creates the print when it is applied to paper. Also refers to the method of making an incision on a material such as glass.

Lithograph

A printmaking technique using a stone or zinc plate to which the image is applied with a greasy material. After wetting the plate, greasy ink is applied. The ink sticks only to the drawn image and not the wet surface, thus creating a reproduction when applied to paper.

Royal Scottish Academy

The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) was formed in Edinburgh in 1826 by Scottish artists who felt alienated by what they perceived as the elitism of the Royal Institution and its management of contemporary art exhibitions. In 1835, the RSA secured exhibition rights in the Royal Institution building, which had been erected on The Mound by the Board of Manufactures in 1826. The RSA and the Board frequently argued over responsibilities for advanced art education. From 1859, the RSA shared the premises of the new National Gallery of Scotland under the Board?s custody. In 1910, after transferring most of its art collections to the Gallery, the RSA gained exclusive tenancy of the former Royal Institution building, where it continues to hold large-scale annual exhibitions.

Engraving, Lithograph, Royal Scottish Academy

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