About this artwork
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artist:John Alexander (1686 - about 1766) Scottish
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title:Frontispiece to a set of etchings after the Raphael Bible
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date created:1718
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materials:Etching on paper
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measurements:platemark: 32.50 x 41.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased from Murdoch MacTaggart Books Ltd May 1979
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accession number:P 2775
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John Alexander
John Alexander
John Alexander, son of an Aberdeen doctor, was the great-grandson of George Jamesone, the most famous Scottish painter of the seventeenth century. After some time in London, Alexander travelled to Italy in 1711 where he studied under Giuseppe Chiari and received commissions from the Stuart court...