Sir George Chalmers
George Drummond, 1687 - 1766. Lord Provost of Edinburgh
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artist:Sir George Chalmers (1718 - 1791) Scottish
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title:George Drummond, 1687 - 1766. Lord Provost of Edinburgh
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date created:1764
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:124.50 x 99.10 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1913
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accession number:PG 829
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Sir George Chalmers
Sir George Chalmers
Chalmers was born in Edinburgh, the son of a herald painter to the Lyon court. He worked as a heraldic painter and engraver, which influenced the linear quality of his work, as well as studying with Allan Ramsay. After spending time in Florence and Minorca in 1751, due to his Jacobite sympathies,...