Archibald Skirving
A Canopy Suspended from a Tree
About this artwork
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artist:Archibald Skirving (1749 - 1819) Scottish
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title:A Canopy Suspended from a Tree
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date created:About 1787 - 1794
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materials:Red chalk on paper
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measurements:27.90 x 19.60 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Miss Bruce Gift 1938
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accession number:D 3973
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Archibald Skirving
Archibald Skirving
Skirving was born near Haddington, East Lothian. After being educated locally, he began work as a junior clerk at the Customs Office in Edinburgh. It is thought that Skirving also studied at the Trustees' Academy in the city at the same time, while painting miniatures at night. By the end of 1777...