Rev. John Thomson of Duddingston
The Artist's Son, Dr Francis Thomson (1814 - 1858)
About this artwork
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artist:Rev. John Thomson of Duddingston (1778 - 1840) Scottish
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title:The Artist's Son, Dr Francis Thomson (1814 - 1858)
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date created:About 1835
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materials:Oil on millboard
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measurements:35.60 x 25.50 cm; Framed: 54.00 x 43.20 x 5.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by Mrs Margaret Luard 1961
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accession number:NG 2249
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Rev. John Thomson of Duddingston
Rev. John Thomson of Duddingston
While a divinity student in Edinburgh, Thomson attended the landscape drawing classes held by the Scottish artist Alexander Nasmyth. Although this was his only artistic training, Thomson became a major figure in Scottish Romantic landscape painting, while also maintaining a career as a minister in...
