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Thomas Annan, Close, No. 28 Saltmarket
In 1868 the Fife-born photographer, Thomas Annan, began his series of thirty-one photographs of the closes and wynds of old Glasgow. This area was one of the worst urban slums in Britain and had ...
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The Mission of St Columba to the Picts A.D. 563
In 563 AD, the Irish Christian missionary Columba (521-597) and his twelve companions settled on Iona. An island in the west of Scotland, Iona was at that time part of the Gaelic kingdom of Dalriada.
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Dante Gabriel Charles Rossetti, Beata Beatrix
The original version of 'Beata Beatrix' is in Tate and dates from around 1864- 70. Images for much of Rossetti's work were provided by his study and translation of medieval poetry, including Dante's ...
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Sir Joseph Noel Paton, Zephyr and Aurora
Paton was a highly successful artist who specialised in painting detailed compositions illustrating biblical episodes and imaginative stories based on romantic myths and legends. His interest in ...
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Eric Harald Macbeth Robertson, Fleet Bay, Kirkcudbrightshire
Defined as a national area of exceptional scenery, Fleet Bay on the Solway Firth has been a popular location for painters. In 1921 Robertson spent the summer nearby, at Gatehouse of Fleet, with his ...
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Thomas Annan, Rev. John McColl
The MacKinnon Collection. Acquired jointly with the National Library of Scotland with assistance from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Scottish Government and Art Fund Having begun his career as a ...
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Ithaca, from the top of Mount Nirito
Lear first visited Ithaca, in the Ionian Islands, in 1848 and returned in 1863 to make sketches for his publication, ‘Views in the Seven Ionian Islands’. He was impressed by the ‘immense views’ from ...
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Sir Timothy Clifford, born 1946. Art historian
135.00 x 99.00 cm; Framed: 127.00 x 144.00 x 7.00 cm ...
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Building Aircraft: Making the Engine (from the series ‘The Great War: Britain’s Efforts and Ideals’)
This print is from a portfolio series commissioned by the Bureau of Information, called ‘The Great War: Britain’s Efforts and Ideals’. Twelve artists made prints relating to the ‘Ideals’ involved in ...
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Leonora Carrington, Portrait of Max Ernst
Leonora Carrington first met and fell in love with the surrealist artist Max Ernst at a dinner party in London in 1937; they immediately started a relationship. Soon after Carrington moved to Paris to ...
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Paul Nash, The Sunflower Rises
use in free educational lectures and classes use on an individual or group's website discussing the artwork in question (except on websites where the individual is promoting themselves or a group, ...