About this artwork
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artist:George Paul Chalmers (1833 - 1878) Scottish
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title:Mrs Murray of Balkankle Castle, Montrose
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date created:Dated 1869
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materials:Pastel on cardboard
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measurements:Oval: 36.20 x 26.10 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Kenneth Sanderson Bequest 1943
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accession number:D 4397
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George Paul Chalmers
George Paul Chalmers
Chalmers began sketching at a young age, and by 1851 he was painting oil portraits of locals in his native Montrose. This eventually earned him enough money to move to Edinburgh, where at the age of twenty he became a student of the Trustees' Academy under Robert Scott Lauder. Despite this...