About this artwork
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artist:William Nicholson (1781 - 1844) Scottish
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title:James Hogg, 1770 - 1835. Poet; 'The Ettrick Shepherd'
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date created:1817
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materials:Etching on paper
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measurements:Plate mark: 27.80 x 22.40 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Mrs A.G. Macqueen Ferguson Gift 1950; transferred from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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accession number:P 7597
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William Nicholson
William Nicholson
Born in Northumberland, Nicholson was a self-taught artist who began his career painting miniature portraits. By 1820 he had settled in Edinburgh. He was a founder member of the Royal Scottish Academy and served as its first Secretary between 1826 and 1830. He exhibited every year at the Royal...