John Pettie
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, 1823 - 1900. Statesman
About this artwork
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artist:John Pettie (1839 - 1893) Scottish
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title:George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, 1823 - 1900. Statesman
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:31.80 x 23.50 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1916
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accession number:PG 857
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John Pettie
John Pettie
In 1855 John Pettie enrolled at the Trustees’ Academy, where he studied for five years under the influential artist and teacher Robert Scott Lauder. An ambitious and hard-working student, Pettie first exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1858, and throughout the 1860s he regularly contributed...