About this artwork
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artist:David Martin (1737 - 1797) Scottish
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title:Sir Henry Erskine of Alva and Cambuskenneth, d. 1765
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date created:Unknown
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after:Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784) Scottish
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materials:Line engraving on paper
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measurements:26.03 x 20.01 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Transferred from the National Gallery of Scotland, Department of Prints and Drawings
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accession number:SP IV 176.1
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David Martin
David Martin
David Martin was born in Anstruther, Fife, the son of a schoolmaster. He trained under Allan Ramsay, working in his fellow Scot's London studio from about 1752. In 1755 he joined Ramsay in Rome and probably returned with him to London in 1757, working as his chief assistant, producing copies of...