About this artwork
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artist:Sir Robert Strange (1721 - 1792) British
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title:Raphael (Rafaello Santi or Sanzio), 1483 - 1520. Artist
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date created:1787
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after:Raphael (Raffaello Santi) (1483 - 1520) Italian
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materials:Line engraving on paper
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measurements:34.30 x 28.60 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequeathed by William Finlay Watson 1886
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accession number:FP I 121.6
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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...