James Archer
Sir David Murray, 1849 - 1933. Artist
About this artwork
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title:Sir David Murray, 1849 - 1933. Artist
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accession number:PG 1149
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materials:Oil on millboard
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date created:About 1890
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measurements:19.40 x 14.60 cm
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credit line:Given by the Royal Scottish Academy 1931
James Archer
James Archer
Like many of his Scottish contemporaries, Archer studied at the Trustees’ Academy which had been founded in Edinburgh in 1760 as the earliest publicly funded art school in Britain. By the late 1840s he was specialising in themes from medieval history and literature, eventually extending his repertoire to include Arthurian…