About this artwork
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artist:David Scott (1806 - 1849) Scottish
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title:Puck Fleeing from the Dawn
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date created:Dated 1837
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:95.30 x 146.00 cm; Framed: 130.50 x 180.70 x 10.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1909
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accession number:NG 992
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gallery:
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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David Scott
David Scott
The son of an Edinburgh engraver, David Scott studied at the Trustees' Academy in the city from 1827. He was elected to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1830. From 1832 he spent fifteen months in Italy. Scott painted serious historical subjects in a visionary style and was interested in the...
