About this artwork
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artist:
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title:The Ploughman's Find. Study for the Painting 'Blenheim'
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date created:About 1878
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materials:Pen and brown ink on paper, laid down
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measurements:14.00 x 16.70 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1947
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accession number:D 4278
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gallery:
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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...