James Archer
Alexander Smith, 1830 - 1867. Poet and writer
About this artwork
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artist:James ArcherScottish (1822 - 1904)
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title:Alexander Smith, 1830 - 1867. Poet and writer
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date created:About 1856
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:61.00 x 50.80 cm; Framed: 86.36 x 76.20 x 6.50 cm
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credit line:Given by Mrs Marion St. Johnston 1980
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accession number:PG 2453
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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...
