About this artwork
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artist:Thomas Duncan (1807 - 1845) Scottish
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title:Study of a Mother and Child
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Black chalk with red, white and yellow chalk on brown paper
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measurements:41.20 x 29.60 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy on loan 1966
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accession number:RSA 244
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Thomas Duncan
Thomas Duncan
Born in Perthshire, Thomas Duncan studied law before entering the Trustees' Academy, Edinburgh in 1827 where he trained under William Allan. Primarily a portrait and history painter, many of his subjects were taken from Scottish history, particularly romantic, Jacobite incidents. He was appointed...