James Pittendrigh MacGillivray
Leda and the Swan
About this artwork
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artist:James Pittendrigh MacGillivray (1856 - 1938) Scottish
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title:Leda and the Swan
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date created:Dated about 1919
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materials:Brush and ink over charcoal and pencil on paper
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measurements:14.70 x 19.00 cm
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credit line:Miss MacGillivray Gift 1938
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accession number:D 4036
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James Pittendrigh MacGillivray
James Pittendrigh MacGillivray
James Pittendrigh MacGillivray was a successful and well-known sculptor, poet, painter, printmaker and photographer. Born in the village of Port Elphinstone, Aberdeenshire, MacGillivray trained as a sculptor in Edinburgh and Glasgow. During the 1870s he came into contact with the Glasgow Boys, a...