Hugh William Williams
View in the Isle of Bute
About this artwork
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title:View in the Isle of Bute
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accession number:D 128
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materials:Watercolour over pencil on paper, laid down on card
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date created:Unknown
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measurements:40.90 x 59.40 cm
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
Hugh William Williams
Hugh William Williams
H.W. Williams was a pupil of the artist David Allan, whose influence can be seen in the quality of his draughtsmanship. Williams was primarily a landscape painter. His friend and fellow artist, Joseph Mallord William Turner, both influenced and admired him. In 1817, Williams travelled to Italy and Greece where…