David Martin
Elizabeth Rannie, Viscountess Melville, 1751 - 1843. Wife of 1st Viscount Melville.
About this artwork
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title:Elizabeth Rannie, Viscountess Melville, 1751 - 1843. Wife of 1st Viscount Melville.
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accession number:PG 2746
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materials:Oil on canvas
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date created:1770
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measurements:127.60 x 101.30 cm (framed: 146.50 x 121.70 x 9.60 cm)
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credit line:Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund and the National Heritage Memorial Fund 1988
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photographer:Antonia Reeve
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,…
