See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

DAVID See also:

• DAVID ALLAN (1744–1796)
• ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)
• ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

ALLAN (1744–1796)  , Scottish See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical painter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ALLOA

Alloa . On leaving See also:

• FOULIS, ANDREW (1712—1775)

Foulis's See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of See also:

• PAINTING

painting at See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow (1762), after seven years'successful study, he obtained the patronage of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CATHCART
• CATHCART, SIR GEORGE (1794-1854)
• CATHCART, WILLIAM SCHAW CATHCART

Cathcart and of See also:

• ERSKINE, EBENEZER (1680-1754)
• ERSKINE, HENRY (1746-1817)
• ERSKINE, JOHN
• ERSKINE, JOHN (1721-1803)
• ERSKINE, RALPH (1685-1752)
• ERSKINE, THOMAS
• ERSKINE, THOMAS ERSKINE, 1ST BARON (1750-1823)

Erskine of See also:

• MAR, EARLDOM OF
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 1ST OR 6TH EARL OF (d. 1572)
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 2ND OR 7TH EARL
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 6TH OR 11TH EARL OF (1675-1732)

Mar, on whose See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate he had been born . The latter furnished him with the means of proceeding to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome (1764), where he remained for a number of years engaged principally in copying the old masters . Among the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• WORKS

works which he then painted was the " Origin of See also:

• PORTRAITURE

Portraiture "—representing a Corinthian maid See also:

• DRAWING

drawing her, See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover's See also:

• SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

shadow—well known through Domenico Cunego's excellent See also:

• ENGRAVING

engraving . This gained for him the See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal given by the Academy of St See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke in the See also:

• YEAR

year 1773 for the best specimen of historical See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition . Returning from Rome in 1797, he resided for a 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 in See also:

• LONDON

London, and occupied himself in portrait-painting . In 178o he removed to See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, where, on the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• RUNCIMAN, ALEXANDER (1736—1785)

Runciman in 1786, he was appointed director and See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the Academy of Arts . There he painted and etched in See also:

• AQUATINT (Lat. aqua, water, and tincta, dyed)

aquatint a variety of works, those by which he is best known—as the "Scotch See also:

• WEDDING

Wedding," the "Highland See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

Dance," the " Repentance See also:

• STOOL

Stool," and his " Illustrations of the See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

Gentle Shepherd "—being remarkable for their comic See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour . He was called the " Scottish See also:

• HOGARTH, WILLIAM (1697–1764)

Hogarth "; but his drolleries hardly entitle him to this comparison . See also:

• ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796)
• ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)
• ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

Allan died at Edinburgh on the 6th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1796 .