Hugh Cameron
A Study for 'A Toiler of the Hills' (NG 1444)
About this artwork
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artist:Hugh Cameron (1835 - 1918) Scottish
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title:A Study for 'A Toiler of the Hills' (NG 1444)
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date created:About 1870
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:35.50 x 50.00 cm; Framed: 53.40 x 68.90 x 5.80 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by Miss M Kerr Cameron 1931
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accession number:NG 1764
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gallery:
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Hugh Cameron
Hugh Cameron
Aged fourteen Cameron was apprenticed to an Edinburgh architect, and in 1849 he enrolled in the Ornamental Class of the Trustees’ Academy. There, he found his true vocation as an easel painter by transferring to the Antique Class conducted by Robert Scott Lauder. These studies were supplemented by...
