Alexander Carse
'The Flying Friar'
About this artwork
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title:'The Flying Friar'
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accession number:D 380
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materials:Brush and grey wash over black chalk on paper
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date created:Unknown
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measurements:Sheet: 18.90 x 25.70 cm; Composition: 12.00 x 17.60 cm
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
Alexander Carse
Alexander Carse
Carse was an assistant to David Allan before the artist's death in 1796, and undoubtedly received preliminary artistic training from him. Allan's influence on Carse's small, vivacious genre scenes is evident. In 1801, he attended the Trustees' Academy in Edinburgh, but this training did not yield the benefits and success…
