John Knox
Alexander Wallace
About this artwork
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title:Alexander Wallace
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accession number:PG 3702
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materials:Ink and watercolour on paper
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date created:1793
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measurements:Height: 12.60 cm (oval)
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credit line:Purchased 2012
John Knox
John Knox
John Knox was one of Scotland's most significant and original landscape painters. His family moved to Glasgow in 1799 and he may have trained with Alexander Nasmyth. As well as fairly conventional views of the Clyde valley and other picturesque sites, composed in the classical tradition, he produced some highly…