Sir David Wilkie
William Chalmers Bethune (1744 - 1807), his Wife Isobel Morison (1760 - 1850) and their Daughter Isabella Maxwell Morison (1795 - 1818)
About this artwork
The sitters in this painting belonged to families from the same part of Fife as Wilkie. This portrait was painted at the same time as Wilkie's Pitlessie Fair (1527), also painted for a Fife landowner. The influence of Raeburn on the young artist is evident.
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artist:Sir David WilkieScottish (1785 - 1841)
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title:William Chalmers Bethune (1744 - 1807), his Wife Isobel Morison (1760 - 1850) and their Daughter Isabella Maxwell Morison (1795 - 1818)
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date created:Dated 1804
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:125.70 x 102.90 cm; Framed: 141.70 x 118.30 x 12.50 cm / 38.00 kg
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credit line:Purchased with the Barrogill Keith Bequest Fund, with additional funding from the Rutherford and Laird McDougall Funds and the Cowan Smith Bequest Fund 1985
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accession number:NG 2433
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Sir David Wilkie
Sir David Wilkie
Wilkie achieved international recognition for his highly original paintings of events and episodes from contemporary life. His skills as a narrator were evident in the facial expressions and poses of his characters, and in the informative detail he included. He was born in Fife, the son of a rural...
