About this artwork
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artist:Alexander Carse (about 1770 - 1843) Scottish
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title:Alexander Carse, c 1770 - 1843. Artist (Self-portrait)
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date created:1811
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materials:Oil on steel
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measurements:22.90 x 20.40 cm; Framed: 32.50 x 29.10 x 3.50 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by W.F. Watson 1886
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accession number:PG 320
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Alexander Carse
Alexander Carse
Carse was an assistant to David Allan before the artist's death in 1796, and undoubtedly received preliminary artistic training from him. Allan's influence on Carse's small, vivacious genre scenes is evident. In 1801, he attended the Trustees' Academy in Edinburgh, but this training did not yield...
