David Martin
Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland, 1736 - 1795
About this artwork
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title:Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland, 1736 - 1795
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accession number:PG 2856
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materials:Oil on canvas
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date created:Dated 1787
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measurements:77.50 x 64.20 cm (framed: 85.80 x 73.00 x 4.00 cm)
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credit line:Given by Mrs Gordon Fyfe 1991
David Martin
David Martin
David Martin was born in Anstruther, Fife, the son of a schoolmaster. He trained under Allan Ramsay, working in his fellow Scot's London studio from about 1752. In 1755 he joined Ramsay in Rome and probably returned with him to London in 1757, working as his chief assistant,…