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    Volume 3
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    September 2015
    March 2015
    ISBN:
    9781139979559
    9781108078948
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139979559
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.68kg, 544 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Art: General Interest, Art, Architecture, Western Art
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
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    Subjects:
    Art: General Interest, Art, Architecture, Western Art
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
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    Sir David Wilkie (1785–1841) is often called the first truly international British artist. This three-volume biography, published in 1843, two years after Wilkie's sudden death while on a tour of the Mediterranean, and containing extracts from his journals and letters, remains an indispensable source for his life and works. Born in Scotland, Wilkie became a student at the Royal Academy in 1805, and in the following years the uncompromising realism of his scenes from rural life made his name known and attracted royal patronage: he was appointed 'the King's Limner in Scotland' by George IV. This work was compiled by his friend, the poet and critic Allan Cunningham (1784–1842), who himself died shortly after correcting the proofs: it was seen through the press by his son. Volume 3 continues the narrative from 1828, through Wilkie's appointment as the King's Painter in Ordinary in 1830, to his early death.

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