About this artwork
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artist:Sir James Guthrie (1859 - 1930) Scottish
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title:Study for a Portrait of Robert Gourlay (1840 - ?)
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date created:Before 1887
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materials:Pencil on paper
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measurements:26.50 x 19.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Sir James Lewis Caw Gift 1939
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accession number:D 4052.16
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Sir James Guthrie
Sir James Guthrie
Guthrie became one of the leading painters in the group of artists called the Glasgow Boys. His early works of rural subjects painted with broad square brush strokes show the strong influence of French painters such as Bastien-Lepage. Guthrie was born in Greenock and trained as a lawyer before...