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ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796)

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ALLAN, See also:DAVID (1744–1796) , Scottish See also:historical painter, was See also:born at See also:Alloa. On leaving See also:Foulis's See also:academy of See also:painting at See also:Glasgow (1762), after seven years'successful study, he obtained the patronage of See also:Lord See also:Cathcart and of See also:Erskine of See also:Mar, on whose See also:estate he had been born. The latter furnished him with the means of proceeding to See also:Rome (1764), where he remained for a number of years engaged principally in copying the old masters. Among the See also:original See also:works which he then painted was the " Origin of See also:Portraiture "—representing a Corinthian maid See also:drawing her, See also:lover's shadow—well known through Domenico Cunego's excellent See also:engraving. This gained for him the See also:gold See also:medal given by the Academy of St See also:Luke in the See also:year 1773 for the best specimen of historical See also:composition. Returning from Rome in 1797, he resided for a See also:time in See also:London, and occupied himself in portrait-painting. In 178o he removed to See also:Edinburgh, where, on the See also:death of See also:Alexander See also:Runciman in 1786, he was appointed director and See also:master of the Academy of Arts. There he painted and etched in See also:aquatint a variety of works, those by which he is best known—as the "Scotch See also:Wedding," the "Highland See also:Dance," the " Repentance See also:Stool," and his " Illustrations of the See also:Gentle Shepherd "—being remarkable for their comic See also:humour. He was called the " Scottish See also:Hogarth "; but his drolleries hardly entitle him to this comparison. Allan died at Edinburgh on the 6th of See also:August 1796.

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