John Faed
Sheet of Figure Studies for a Historical Composition (incorporating portraits of George and Susan Bell Faed)
About this artwork
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title:Sheet of Figure Studies for a Historical Composition (incorporating portraits of George and Susan Bell Faed)
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pen and brown and black ink over traces of pencil on paper
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measurements:19.90 x 32.10 cm
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object type:
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credit line:J.A. Faed Gift 1952
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accession number:D 4631.6
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John Faed
John Faed
As a young boy John Faed displayed exceptional artistic talent as a portraitist. Despite his father’s objections towards a career as an artist, Faed moved to Edinburgh in 1839 to attend the Trustees’ Academy where he studied life drawing and painting. He began to move away from portraiture and...
