About this artwork
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artist:Walter Geikie (1795 - 1837) Scottish
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title:Temptin' the Bairn
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date created:About 1830
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materials:Copper
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measurements:15.70 x 12.70 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by Donna Eller in memory of her grandfather, Feliks Stauvers 2015
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accession number:PLATE.43
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Walter Geikie
Walter Geikie
Aged only two, Geikie was struck by an illness that left him deaf. His father’s tireless efforts to educate his son in sign language reaped enormous rewards, and eventually Walter was also able to speak. A talented draughtsman, he enrolled in the Trustees’ Academy in 1812, where he advanced under...
