About this artwork
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artist:John Brown (1749 - 1787) Scottish
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title:Classical Statue
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pencil on paper
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measurements:35.00 x 20.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy on loan 1974
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accession number:RSA 443
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John Brown
John Brown
Edinburgh-born Brown was the son of a jeweller and watchmaker and studied at the Trustees' Academy. He was in Italy from 1771 to 1780, working alongside Alexander Runciman and Henry Fuseli. Although influenced by his friends' romantic reaction to the past, Brown did not produce large narrative...
