Sir Robert Strange
Rev. William Harper, active 1745
About this artwork
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artist:Sir Robert Strange (1721 - 1792) British
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title:Rev. William Harper, active 1745
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date created:Unknown
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after:William Denune (1715 - 1750) Scottish
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materials:Mezzotint on paper
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measurements:27.31 x 22.86 cm
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credit line:Transferred from the National Gallery of Scotland, Department of Prints and Drawings
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accession number:SP III 138.1
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Sir Robert Strange
Sir Robert Strange
Born in Kirkwall, Orkney, Strange was apprenticed to Richard Cooper, the Edinburgh engraver. An ardent Jacobite, he joined the 1745 Rising and went into exile after the defeat at Culloden. He married the sister of the Secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart and studied engraving in Rouen and...