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See also:RUNCIMAN, See also:ALEXANDER (1736—1785) , Scottish See also:historical painter, was See also:born in See also:Edinburgh in 1736. He studied at See also:Foulis's See also:Academy, See also:Glasgow, and at the See also:age of See also:thirty proceeded to See also:Rome, where he spent five years. It was at this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time that he became acquainted with See also:Fuseli. The painter's earliest efforts had been in landscape; he soon, however, turned to historical and imaginative subjects, exhibiting his " See also:Nausicaa at See also:Play with her Maidens" in 1767 at the See also:Free Society of See also:British Artists, Edinburgh. On his return from See also:Italy, after a brief See also:residence in See also:London, where in 1772 he exhibited in the Royal Academy, he settled in Edinburgh, and was appointed See also:master of the Trustees' Academy. He was patronized by See also:Sir See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Clerk, whose See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall at Penicuik See also:House he decorated with a See also:series of subjects from See also:Ossian. He also executed various religious paintings and an See also:altar-piece in the Cowgate Episcopal See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, Edinburgh, and easel pictures of " Cymon and Iphigenia," " Sigismunda weeping over the See also:Heart of See also:Tancred,". and " See also:Agrippina landing with the Ashes of Germanicus." He died in Edinburgh on the 4th of See also:October 1785. His See also:works, while they show high intention and considerable See also:imagination, are frequently defective in See also:form and extravagant in gesture. His younger See also:brother, See also:JOHN RUNCIMAN (1744-1766), who accompanied him to Rome, and died at See also:Naples in 1766, was an artist of See also:great promise. His " See also:Flight into See also:Egypt," in the See also:National See also:Gallery of See also:Scotland, is remarkable for the precision of its See also:execution and the mellow richness of its colouring.
End of Article: RUNCIMAN, ALEXANDER (1736—1785)
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