William Inglis, c 1712 - 1792. Surgeon and Captain of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers
About this artwork
Surgeon William Inglis was best known as a keen member of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, the oldest golf club in the world. Allan, a member of the same golf club, shows Inglis and his caddy on Leith Links, about two miles from the city centre, where the club was then located (it's now based at Muirfield in East Lothian). Behind Inglis, the annual trophy presented by the City - a golf club with silver balls attached - is being paraded across the Links.
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artist:David Allan (1744 - 1796) Scottish
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title:William Inglis, c 1712 - 1792. Surgeon and Captain of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers
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date created:1787
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:129.50 x 105.10 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1961
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accession number:PG 1971
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
David Allan
David Allan
Allan was born in Alloa, on the River Forth, and attended the Foulis Academy in Glasgow for seven years. In 1767 he moved to Rome, where he lived for ten years; this was the most successful period of his life. In Rome, Allan painted ambitious historical pictures, portraits, caricatures and genre...