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Sir David Wilkie
Sir David Wilkie flattering portrait of the kilted King George IV for the Visit of King George IV to Scotland, with lighting chosen to tone down the b
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Sir David Wilkie
1785-1841
British Sir David Wilkie Galleries
Wilkie may have inherited his rectitude and tenacity, even his nervous inhibitions, from his father, the minister of his native parish. Though little responsive to schooling, he showed an early inclination towards mimicry that expressed itself in drawings, chiefly of human activity. In these he was influenced by a copy of Allan Ramsay pastoral comedy in verse, the Gentle Shepherd (1725), illustrated by David Allan in 1788. One of the few surviving examples of his early drawings represents a scene from it (c. 1797; Kirkcaldy, Fife, Mus. A.G.). Wilkie cherished the demotic spirit of this book and its illustrations throughout his life. Related Paintings of Sir David Wilkie :. | Reading the Will | Blind Man's Buff | Reading the Will | the blind fiddler | Queen Victoria | Related Artists: Prado, Blas delSpanish, active 1545-99
PIETERSZ, PieterDutch painter (b. 1540, Antwerpen, d. 1603, Amsterdam) Carlton Alfred Smith,RI,RWSfl.1871-1916
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