Robert Herdman
Sir George Harvey, 1806 - 1876. Artist
About this artwork
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artist:Robert Herdman (1829 - 1888) Scottish
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title:Sir George Harvey, 1806 - 1876. Artist
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date created:1874
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:71.10 x 61.00 cm; Framed: 100.20 x 90.00 x 10.60 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by Miss Ellen Harvey 1915
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accession number:PG 848
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Robert Herdman
Robert Herdman
Herdman specialised in painting portraits and Scottish historical subjects, but also produced some notable landscapes in watercolour. He was a student of Robert Scott Lauder at the Trustees' Academy in Edinburgh and was encouraged to draw from nature. He was also strongly influenced by Lauder's...