About this artwork
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artist:John Burnet (1784 - 1868) Scottish
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title:Greenwich Pensioners Celebrating the Battle of Trafalgar
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Engraving on paper
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credit line:Presented by Dr Elizabeth Skeoch Cumming in memory of her father, Ronald Skeoch Cumming 1995
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accession number:P 2899
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John Burnet
John Burnet
John Burnet was born and raised in Fisherrow in Musselburgh, a village just outside Edinburgh. His father George Burnet was the surveyor-general of excise for Scotland. John received some initial artistic training before taking a seven years apprenticeship with the engraver Robert Scott. He...
