About this artwork
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artist:Charles Lees (1800 - 1880) Scottish
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title:The Grand Match of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club at Linlithgow 1848
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date created:1849
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:152.40 x 228.60 cm; Framed: 195.00 x 285.00 x 13.00cm
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credit line:On long term loan from the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, 2014
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accession number:PGL 2487
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Charles Lees
Charles Lees
Charles Lees was born in Cupar, Fife. He trained as a painter in Edinburgh with the eminent portraitist, Sir Henry Raeburn. After six months in Rome he returned to Edinburgh where he established himself as a portrait painter. Lees was elected a Royal Scottish Academician in 1830. From the 1840s...
