About this artwork
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artist:Alexander Fraser, the elder (1786 - 1865) Scottish
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title:Portrait of a Young Man
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date created:Dated 1816
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materials:Oil on panel
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measurements:16.30 x 12.50 cm; Framed: 21.30 x 17.60 x 2.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by J C Wardrop 1937
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accession number:NG 1887
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gallery:
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Alexander Fraser, the elder
Alexander Fraser, the elder
In 1801 Fraser was admitted to the Trustees’ Academy in Edinburgh as a student of the history painter John Graham, and was a contemporary of David Wilkie and William Allan. Having made his public exhibition debut with the Associated Artists of Edinburgh in 1809, Fraser launched himself as a genre...
