Sir George Reid
Sketchbook Consisting of 25 Leaves with One Loose Page from a Smaller Sketchbook
About this artwork
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artist:Sir George Reid (1841 - 1913) Scottish
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title:Sketchbook Consisting of 25 Leaves with One Loose Page from a Smaller Sketchbook
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date created:About 1861 - 1863
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materials:Pencil and watercolour on paper
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measurements:12.80 x 18.40 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1989
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accession number:D 5177
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Sir George Reid
Sir George Reid
Reid was born in Aberdeen and worked first as a lithographer before moving to Edinburgh in 1862 to study at the Trustees' Academy. In 1866, supported by the Aberdeen collector, John Forbes White, he went to Holland to study under the landscape and genre painter, Gerrit Mollinger. He became a close...