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- Allan Ramsay
- Study for the Portrait of Horace Walpole (later 4th Earl of Orford, 1717 - 1797)
- about 1759
- D 240
- Scottish Art
- Allan Ramsay
- Queen Charlotte; Princess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1744 - 1818. Queen of George III
- About 1763
- PG 217
- On Display
- Scottish Art
- Allan Ramsay
- George III, 1738 - 1820. Reigned 1760 - 1820
- About 1763
- PG 216
- On Display
- Scottish Art
- Allan Ramsay
- Study for the Painting of William Hunter, 1718 - 1783. Anatomist
- about 1764
- D 2017
- Scottish Art
- Allan Ramsay
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778)
- 1766
- NG 820
- On Display
- Scottish Art
- National Gallery at 150
- Allan Ramsay
- David Hume, 1711 - 1776. Historian and philosopher
- 1766
- PG 1057
- On Display
- Scottish Art
- Allan Ramsay
- Head of Margaret Lindsay, the Artist's Second Wife, Looking Down
- about 1776
- D 2009
- Scottish Art
Allan Ramsay (Scottish, 1713 - 1784)
Ramsay, named after his father who was a poet, was internationally renowned for his outstanding portraits. He attended the new Academy of St Luke in Edinburgh and then continued his artistic education in Italy. He visited Rome, studying at the French Academy and Naples. British residents commissioned many portraits from him and as soon as he returned to London he established a successful studio. He also returned to Edinburgh regularly. King George III appointed him King's painter. As a gifted conversationalist and writer of essays, Ramsay pursued his scholarly interests when injury to his right arm in 1773 cut short his painting career.
