Richard Cooper
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich, 1678 - 1743. Soldier and statesman
About this artwork
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artist:Richard Cooper (1740 - 1814) Scottish
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title:John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich, 1678 - 1743. Soldier and statesman
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date created:Unknown
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after:William Aikman (1682 - 1731) Scottish
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materials:Line engraving on paper
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measurements:7.62 x 6.68 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1932
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accession number:SP III 4.5
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Richard Cooper
Richard Cooper
Born in Edinburgh, Cooper was apprenticed to his father, the artist Richard Cooper, the Elder (1701 – 1764) and trained as a reproductive engraver. He is best known for his landscape drawings and his copy drawings after paintings by the old masters. He spent much of the 1760s and 1770s on an...