Robert Herdman
Emily Merelina Meymott, Baroness Shand (1830 - 1911)
About this artwork
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artist:Robert Herdman (1829 - 1888) Scottish
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title:Emily Merelina Meymott, Baroness Shand (1830 - 1911)
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date created:Dated 1867
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:221.80 x 146.60 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by Baroness Shand 1906
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accession number:NG 934
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Robert Herdman
Robert Herdman
Herdman specialised in painting portraits and Scottish historical subjects, but also produced some notable landscapes in watercolour. He was a student of Robert Scott Lauder at the Trustees' Academy in Edinburgh and was encouraged to draw from nature. He was also strongly influenced by Lauder's...