John Smibert
Colonel George Douglas, later 12th Earl of Morton (1662 - 1738)
About this artwork
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artist:John Smibert (1688 - 1751) Scottish
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title:Colonel George Douglas, later 12th Earl of Morton (1662 - 1738)
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date created:Dated 1727
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:76.20 x 63.50 cm; Framed: 86.00 x 73.50 x 8.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased with the aid of the Annie H. Wilson Bequest Fund 1959
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accession number:NG 2212
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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John Smibert
John Smibert
The son of an Edinburgh wool dyer, John Smibert was apprenticed to a house painter and plasterer before training as an artist in London from 1713. He returned to Edinburgh two years later and soon completed his first portrait commissions. After a stay of three years in Italy during which time he...
