About this artwork
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artist:Sir Robert Strange (1721 - 1792) British
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title:Sir Robert Strange, 1721 - 1792. Engraver
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date created:Unknown
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after:Gavin Hamilton (1723 - 1798) Scottish
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materials:Line engraving on paper
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measurements:Diameter: 7.60 cm
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object type:
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credit line:On permanent loan from the National Library of Scotland
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accession number:BLAIKIE 3.17 C
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Sir Robert Strange
Sir Robert Strange
Born in Kirkwall, Orkney, Strange was apprenticed to Richard Cooper, the Edinburgh engraver. An ardent Jacobite, he joined the 1745 Rising and went into exile after the defeat at Culloden. He married the sister of the Secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart and studied engraving in Rouen and...
