Sir Robert Strange
Two girls, one holding a board with the letters of the alphabet (Il Padrenostro)
About this artwork
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artist:Sir Robert Strange (1721 - 1792) British
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title:Two girls, one holding a board with the letters of the alphabet (Il Padrenostro)
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date created:1781
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after:Bartolomeo Schedoni (1578 - 1615) Italian
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materials:Etching and engraving on paper
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measurements:Sheet: 32.20 x 26.10 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Transferred from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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accession number:P 5846
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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...