![Colvin Smith, Patrick Grant [Pàdraig Grannd an Dubh-bhruaich], 1713 / 1714 - 1824](https://www.nationalgalleries.org/sites/default/files/styles/postcard/public/externals/7005.jpg?itok=GI-pm4Ro)
About this artwork
As a young man, Patrick Grant had fought on the Jacobite side against the Hanoverian army during the 1745 Rising. When, nearly eighty years later, George IV visited Edinburgh in 1822, Grant was introduced to the King as 'His Majesty's oldest enemy'. The King offered Grant and his daughter a state pension, one of his many acts aimed at reconciling England and Scotland and strengthening the new nation of Great Britain. In this sympathetic portrait the sitter, swathed in tartan and wearing a large crucifix, looks considerably younger than his 109 years.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Colvin Smith (1795 - 1875) Scottish
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title:Patrick Grant [Pàdraig Grannd an Dubh-bhruaich], 1713 / 1714 - 1824
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date created:1822
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:126.00 x 101.00 cm; Framed: 147.50 x 122.00 x 6.20 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1993
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accession number:PG 2924
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Colvin Smith
Colvin Smith
Smith was born in Brechin, Angus. From a well-to-do family, he attended the Royal Academy Schools in London and studied under Joseph Nollekens before going to Italy. On his return journey, Smith travelled via Antwerp, where he made several paintings in the style of Rubens. In 1827 Smith set up as a...
