John Faed
Queen Margaret's Defiance of the Scottish Parliament
About this artwork
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artist:
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title:Queen Margaret's Defiance of the Scottish Parliament
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date created:1859
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:75.60 x 99.30 cm (framed: 109.20 x 132.90 x 13.80 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1991
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accession number:NG 2527
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photographer:Antonia Reeve
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John Faed
John Faed
As a young boy John Faed displayed exceptional artistic talent as a portraitist. Despite his father’s objections towards a career as an artist, Faed moved to Edinburgh in 1839 to attend the Trustees’ Academy where he studied life drawing and painting. He began to move away from portraiture and painted…
