David Allan
View of the High Street, Edinburgh, from the West
About this artwork
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artist:David Allan (1744 - 1796) Scottish
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title:View of the High Street, Edinburgh, from the West
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date created:About 1793
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materials:Pen, black ink and watercolour over pencil on paper
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measurements:37.60 x 53.90 cm (with a 4.60 cm strip added to the left)
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credit line:Purchased 1946
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accession number:D 4374
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David Allan
David Allan
Allan was born in Alloa, on the River Forth, and attended the Foulis Academy in Glasgow for seven years. In 1767 he moved to Rome, where he lived for ten years; this was the most successful period of his life. In Rome, Allan painted ambitious historical pictures, portraits, caricatures and genre...