About this artwork
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artist:David Scott (1806 - 1849) Scottish
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title:Sketch of a Lying Man
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Black chalk on paper
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measurements:35.60 x 44.30 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 1163
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David Scott
David Scott
The son of an Edinburgh engraver, David Scott studied at the Trustees' Academy in the city from 1827. He was elected to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1830. From 1832 he spent fifteen months in Italy. Scott painted serious historical subjects in a visionary style and was interested in the...
