David Allan
A Highland Officer
About this artwork
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artist:David Allan (1744 - 1796) Scottish
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title:A Highland Officer
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date created:About 1785
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materials:Pen, grey ink and watercolour with traces of pencil in a ruled black ink border on paper
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measurements:Sheet: 29.50 x 21.70 cm; Composition: 24.50 x 18.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
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accession number:D 394
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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...
