About this artwork
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artist:David Steuart ErskineScottish (1742 - 1829)
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title:Robert Gordon of Straloch, 1580 - 1661. Geographer
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date created:Unknown
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after:George JamesoneScottish (1589/90 - 1644)
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materials:Pencil on paper
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measurements:34.80 x 24.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequeathed by W.F. Watson 1886
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accession number:PG 1632
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David Steuart Erskine
David Steuart Erskine
David Erskine, later 11th Earl of Buchan, was an antiquary and unsuccessful political reformer. Schooled by his parents, both of whom had studied mathematics under Colin Maclaurin, he later attended classes at St Andrews, Edinburgh and Glasgow. After his succession to the earldom in 1767 he...
