George Watson
Sir Benjamin West (1738 - 1820)
About this artwork
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artist:George Watson (1766 - 1837) Scottish
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title:Sir Benjamin West (1738 - 1820)
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date created:About 1815
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:90.20 x 71.10 cm; Framed: 123.50 x 103.00 x 14.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by the artist's son, William Smellie Watson, to the RSA 1859; transferred and presented 1910
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accession number:NG 319
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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George Watson
George Watson
Born in Berwickshire, the son of wealthy Scottish landowners, George Watson trained under Alexander Nasmyth in Edinburgh before spending two years in London with Sir Joshua Reynolds. He returned to Scotland and set up his own practice as a portrait painter. Although successful, he worked under the...
