About this artwork
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artist:Alexander Carse (about 1770 - 1843) Scottish
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title:A Dancing Man
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pencil on paper
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measurements:25.10 x 37.90 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 1182
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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...