About this artwork
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artist:Jacob More (1740 - 1793) Scottish
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title:A View Inside Neptune's Grotto at Tivoli
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date created:Dated 1785
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materials:Pencil and sepia wash on paper
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measurements:64.40 x 52.00 cm (sight)
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
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accession number:D 281
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Jacob More
Jacob More
More initially worked as a painter of stage scenery for the New Theatre in Edinburgh before concentrating on landscape painting. He had trained with Robert Norie and Alexander Nasmyth, combining observation from nature with a strong sense of formal design. His views of the Clyde Falls established...
