About this artwork
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artist:Sir Robert StrangeBritish (1721 - 1792)
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title:Virgin adoring the sleeping Child
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date created:Unknown
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after:Guido ReniItalian (1575 - 1642)
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materials:Etching and engraving on paper
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measurements:Plate mark: 37.60 x 43.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Mr J.W. Cursiter Gift 1934
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accession number:P 298
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Sir Robert Strange
Sir Robert Strange
Born in Kirkwall, Orkney, Strange was apprenticed to Richard Cooper, the Edinburgh engraver. An ardent Jacobite, he joined the 1745 Rising and went into exile after the defeat at Culloden. He married the sister of the Secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart and studied engraving in Rouen and...
