John Faed
The Evening Hour (The Misses Bennie and Mr J. Noble Bennie)
About this artwork
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artist:
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title:The Evening Hour (The Misses Bennie and Mr J. Noble Bennie)
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date created:Exhibited 1847 (RSA)
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materials:Watercolour and gum on ivory set into panel
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measurements:33.00 x 24.20 cm; Framed: 54.50 x 45.00 x 4.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by J Bray 1914
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accession number:NG 1142
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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John Faed
John Faed
As a young boy John Faed displayed exceptional artistic talent as a portraitist. Despite his father’s objections towards a career as an artist, Faed moved to Edinburgh in 1839 to attend the Trustees’ Academy where he studied life drawing and painting. He began to move away from portraiture and...