William Stewart Watson
Inauguration of Burns as Poet Laureate of the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge, Edinburgh
About this artwork
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artist:William Stewart Watson (1800 - 1870) Scottish
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title:Inauguration of Burns as Poet Laureate of the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge, Edinburgh
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pen, brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
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measurements:11.20 x 20.10 cm
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object type:
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credit line:William Finlay Watson Bequest 1881
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accession number:D 2543
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William Stewart Watson
William Stewart Watson
William Stewart Watson was born in 1800 and died in Edinburgh in 1870. His style seems based on the work of his contemporary Sir William Allan, a successful Royal Academy painter. Stewart Watson is said to have practised for some years in America, but he was in Rome in 1840 and in London between...