Rev. John Thomson of Duddingston
Edinburgh from Corstorphine Hill
About this artwork
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artist:Rev. John Thomson of Duddingston (1778 - 1840) Scottish
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title:Edinburgh from Corstorphine Hill
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date created:Before 1826
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materials:Oil on mahogany panel
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measurements:34.90 x 48.30 cm; Framed: 59.80 x 72.90 x 9.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1963
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accession number:NG 2263
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gallery:
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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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...
