James Archer
Sir David Murray, 1849 - 1933. Artist
About this artwork
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artist:James Archer (1822 - 1904) Scottish
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title:Sir David Murray, 1849 - 1933. Artist
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date created:About 1890
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materials:Oil on millboard
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measurements:19.40 x 14.60 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Given by the Royal Scottish Academy 1931
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accession number:PG 1149
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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...