David Martin
Sarah Kemble, Wife of William Siddons, 1755 - 1831. Actress. Copy after the Painting by Thomas Gainsborough [Verso: Sketch of Legs and Breeches]
About this artwork
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artist:David Martin (1737 - 1797) Scottish
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title:Sarah Kemble, Wife of William Siddons, 1755 - 1831. Actress. Copy after the Painting by Thomas Gainsborough [Verso: Sketch of Legs and Breeches]
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Black chalk heightened with a very little white on blue paper
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measurements:34.90 x 27.20 cm
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
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accession number:D 293 A
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David Martin
David Martin
David Martin was born in Anstruther, Fife, the son of a schoolmaster. He trained under Allan Ramsay, working in his fellow Scot's London studio from about 1752. In 1755 he joined Ramsay in Rome and probably returned with him to London in 1757, working as his chief assistant, producing copies of...