Sir Robert Strange
Gilbert Burnet, 1643 - 1715. Bishop of Salisbury
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artist:Sir Robert StrangeBritish (1721 - 1792)
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title:Gilbert Burnet, 1643 - 1715. Bishop of Salisbury
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date created:Unknown
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after:Sir Godfrey KnellerGerman (1646 - 1723)
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materials:Line engraving on paper
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measurements:15.24 x 9.52 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1932
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accession number:SP III 12.8
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Sir Robert Strange
Sir Robert Strange
Born in Kirkwall, Orkney, Strange was apprenticed to Richard Cooper, the Edinburgh engraver. An ardent Jacobite, he joined the 1745 Rising and went into exile after the defeat at Culloden. He married the sister of the Secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart and studied engraving in Rouen and...
