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DUNCAN, THOMAS (1807—1845)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 671 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DUNCAN, See also:THOMAS (1807—1845) , Scottish portrait and See also:historical painter, was See also:born at Kinclaven, in See also:Perthshire. He was educated at the See also:Perth See also:Academy, and began the study of the See also:law, but abandoned it for See also:art. Beginning under the instruction of See also:Sir See also:William See also:Allan, he See also:early attained distinction as a delineator of the human figure; and his first pictures established his fame so completely, that at a very early See also:age he was appointed See also:professor of colouring, and afterwards of See also:drawing, in the;Trustees' Academy of See also:Edinburgh. In 184o he painted one of his finest pictures, " See also:Prince See also:Charles See also:Edward and the Highlanders entering Edinburgh after the See also:Battle of See also:Prestonpans," which secured his See also:election as an See also:associate of the Royal Academy in 1843. In the same See also:year he produced his picture of " Charles Edward asleep after See also:Culloden, protected by See also:Flora See also:MacDonald," which, like many other of his See also:works, has been often engraved. In 1844 appeared his " See also:Cupid " and his " Martyrdom of See also:John See also:Brown of Priesthill." His last See also:work was a portrait of himself, now in the See also:National See also:Gallery in Edinburgh. He particularly excelled in his portraits of ladies and See also:children. He died in Edinburgh on the 25th of May 1845.

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