About this artwork
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artist:
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title:John Opie, 1761 - 1807. Artist (Self-portrait)
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date created:About 1785
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:35.00 x 28.30 cm
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credit line:Gifted by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 2009
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accession number:PG 3566
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John Opie
John Opie
As a young boy growing up in Cornwall, Opie displayed a natural talent for drawing. He was taken under the wing of the amateur artist and critic Dr John Wolcot (pseudonym Peter Pindar), from whom he learned the rudiments of painting and gained access to engravings after Old Masters, particularly...
