John Faed
A Widow Grieving Over a Dead Child. Study for the Engraving to 'The Soldier's Return' by Robert Burns
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title:A Widow Grieving Over a Dead Child. Study for the Engraving to 'The Soldier's Return' by Robert Burns
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pencil, brown wash and white heightening on grey paper
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measurements:11.00 x 13.70 cm
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credit line:J.A. Faed Gift 1952
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accession number:D 4631.19 B
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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...
