David Martin
Mary Barbara Drummond, Mrs William Abernethy Drummond, 1721 / 1722 - 1789. Wife of the Bishop of Edinburgh
About this artwork
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artist:David Martin (1737 - 1797) Scottish
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title:Mary Barbara Drummond, Mrs William Abernethy Drummond, 1721 / 1722 - 1789. Wife of the Bishop of Edinburgh
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date created:1788
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:76.20 x 63.50 cm; Framed: 90.40 x 77.40 x 9.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1977
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accession number:PG 2408
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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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, producing copies of...
