Robert Herdman
Bouverie Francis Primrose, 1813 - 1898. Secretary to the Board of Trustees for Manufactures and Fisheries
About this artwork
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artist:Robert Herdman (1829 - 1888) Scottish
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title:Bouverie Francis Primrose, 1813 - 1898. Secretary to the Board of Trustees for Manufactures and Fisheries
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date created:Dated 1883
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:127.50 x 102.20 cm; Framed: 163.00 x 137.50 x 11.30 cm
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credit line:Given by the sitter to the National Gallery of Scotland; transferred 1985
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accession number:PG 2655
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Robert Herdman
Robert Herdman
Herdman specialised in painting portraits and Scottish historical subjects, but also produced some notable landscapes in watercolour. He was a student of Robert Scott Lauder at the Trustees' Academy in Edinburgh and was encouraged to draw from nature. He was also strongly influenced by Lauder's...