See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

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

ALLAN (1782–1850)  , Scottish painter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, and at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age entered as a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil in the School of See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

Design established in Edinburgh by the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Trustees for Arts and Manufactures, where he had as companions, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• WILKIE, SIR DAVID (1785–1841)

Wilkie, John See also:

• BURNET
• BURNET, GILBERT (1643-1715)
• BURNET, THOMAS (1635-1715)

Burnet the engraver, and others who afterward distinguished themselves as artists . Here See also:

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

Allan and Wilkie were placed at the same table, studied the same designs, and contracted a lifelong friendship . Allan continued his studies for some 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; but his See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to establish himself there was unsuccessful, and after exhibiting at the Royal See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy (1805) his first picture, " A Gipsy Boy and See also:

• ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)
• ASS, FEAST OF THE

Ass," an See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation in See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of See also:

• OPIE, AMELIA (1769-1853)
• OPIE, JOHN (1761-1807)

Opie, he determined, in spite of his scanty resources, to seek his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune abroad . He accordingly set out the same See also:

• YEAR

year for See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, but was carried by stress•of See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather to See also:

• MEMEL
• MEMEL, or N1EMEN

Memel, where he remained for some time, supporting himself by his See also:

• PENCIL (Lat. penicillus, brush, literally little tail)

pencil . At last, however, he reached St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, where the kindness of See also:

• SIR

Sir 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:

• CRICHTON, JAMES (156o-? 1582)

Crichton, the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court physician, and other See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends procured him abundant employment . By excursions into See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern Russia, See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey, the See also:

• CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

Crimea and See also:

• CIRCASSIA

Circassia, he filled his See also:

• PORTFOLIO (shortened form of Porto folio, adapted from the Ital. portafogli, portare, to carry, and fogli, sheets or leaves of paper, Lat. folium, leaf)

portfolio with vivid sketches, of which he made admirable use in his subsequent pictures . In 1814 he returned to Edinburgh, and in the two following years exhibited at the Royal Academy " The Circassian Captives " and " See also:

• BASHKIRS

Bashkirs conducting Convicts to See also:

• SIBERIA

Siberia." The former picture remained so See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long unsold, that, thoroughly disheartened, he threatened to retire to Circassia when, through the kindness of Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott, a subscription of l000 guineas was obtained for the picture, which See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell by See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• WEMYSS
• WEMYSS, EARLS OF

Wemyss . About the same time the See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas, afterwards See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

tsar of Russia, visited Edinburgh, and See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased his "Siberian Exiles" and "Haslan Gheray See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the See also:

• RIVER

River See also:

• KUBAN

Kuban," giving a very favourable turn to the fortunes of the painter, whose pictures were now sought for by collectors . From this time to 1834 he achieved his greatest success and firmly established his fame by the See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration of Scottish See also:

• HISTORY

history . His most important See also:

• WORKS

works of this class were " See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop See also:

• SHARPE, DANIEL (18o6-1856)

Sharpe on Magus See also:

• MOOR

Moor "; " John See also:

• KNOX, HENRY (1750-1806)
• KNOX, JOHN (c. 1505–1572)
• KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE (1853– )

Knox admonishing See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen of Scots " (1823), engraved by Burnet; " Mary Queen of Scots See also:

• SIGNING

signing her See also:

• ABDICATION (Lat. abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one)

Abdication " (1824); and " See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

Regent See also:

• MURRAY
• MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
• MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
• MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
• MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
• MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
• MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
• MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
• MURRAY, JOHN
• MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
• MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
• MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
• MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
• MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )

Murray shot by See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh." The last procured his See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election as an See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate of the Royal Academy (1825) . Later Scottish subjects were " 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:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron " (1831), portraits of Scott and " The See also:

• ORPHAN

Orphan " (1834), which represented See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne Scott seated near the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of her deceased See also:

• FATHER

father . In 183o he was compelled, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of an attack of ophthalmia, to seek a milder See also:

• CLIMATE

climate, and visited See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples and See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople .

He returned with a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store of materials, of which he made excellent use in his " Constantinople Slave See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

Market " and other productions . In 1834 he visited See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and See also:

• MOROCCO

Morocco, and in 1841 went again to St Petersburg, when he undertook, at the See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of the tsar, his " See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter the See also:

• GREAT

Great teaching his Subjects the See also:

• ART

Art of See also:

• SHIP

Ship-See also:

• BUILDING

building," exhibited in London in 1845, and now in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

Winter See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace of St Petersburg . His " See also:

• POLISH

Polish Exiles " and " Moorish Love-See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter," &c., had secured his election as a Royal Academician in 1835; he was appointed See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Royal Scottish Academy (1838), and royal limner for See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, after Wilkie's See also:

• DEATH

death (1841); and in 1842 received the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood . His later years were occupied with See also:

• BATTLE

battle-pieces, the last he finished being the second of his two See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion pictures of the " Battle of See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo." He died on the 22nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1850, leaving a large unfinished picture—" See also:

• BRUCE
• BRUCE, ALEXANDER BALMAIN (1831-1899)
• BRUCE, JAMES (1930-1794)
• BRUCE, MICHAEL (1746-1767)

Bruce at See also:

• BANNOCKBURN

Bannockburn." ALLAN-DESPREAUX, See also:

• LOUISE [AUGUSTE WILHELMINE AMALIE LUISE] (1776-1810)

LOUISE ROSALIE (18ro-1856), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French actress, was " discovered " by See also:

• TALMA, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1763-1826)

Talma at See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels in 1820, when she played Joas with him in Athalie . At his See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion she changed her surname, See also:

• ROSS
• ROSS, ALEXANDER (1699-1784)
• ROSS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1841- )
• ROSS, JOHN, or KOOESKOOWE (179o-1866)
• ROSS, ROBERT (1766-1814)
• ROSS, SIR HEW DALRYMPLE (1779-1868)
• ROSS, SIR JAMES CLARK (1800-1862)
• ROSS, SIR JOHN (1777-1856)

Ross, for her See also:

• MOTHER

mother's See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden name, and, as Mlle . Despreaux, was engaged for See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children's parts at the Comedie Frangaise . At the same time she studied at the See also:

• CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. Lat. conservatorium, a place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)

Conservatoire . By 1825 she had taken the second See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize for See also:

• COMEDY

comedy, and was engaged to See also:

• PLAY

play ingenue parts at the Comedie Frangaise, where her first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in this capacity was as Jenny in L'Argent on the 8th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1826 . In 1831 the director of the Gymnase succeeded in persuading her to join his See also:

• COMPANY

company . Her six years at this See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, during which she married Allan, an actor in the company, were a See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of triumphs . She was then engaged at the French theatre at St Petersburg . Re-turning to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, she brought with her, as See also:

• LEGOUVE, GABRIEL JEAN BAPTISTE ERNEST WILFRID (1807–1903)

Legouve says, a thing she had unearthed, through a See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation, a little comedy never acted till she took it up, a See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production See also:

• HALF

half-forgotten, and esteemed by those who knew it as a pleasing piece of See also:

• WORK

work in the See also:

• MARIVAUX, PIERRE CARLET DE CHAMBLAIN DE (1688-1763)

Marivaux style—Un Caprice by See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred de See also:

• MUSSET, LOUIS CHARLES ALFRED DE (1810-18S7)

Musset, which she had played with success in St Petersburg .

Her selection of this piece for her reappearance at the Theatre Frangaise (1847) laid the corner-See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone of Musset's lasting fame as a dramatist . In the following year his comedy Il ne fact jurer de rien was acted at the same theatre, and thus led to the production of his finer plays . Among plays by other authors in which Mme . Allan won See also:

• SPECIAL

special laurels at the Theatre Frangaise, were See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

Par See also:

• DROIT (Fr. for " right," from Lat. directus, straight)

droit de conquete, Peril en la demeure, La joie fait peur, and See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Tartuffe . In the last, with a See also:

• PART

part of only fifty lines, and playing by the very See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the great See also:

• RACHEL (1821-1858)

Rachel, she yet held her own as an actress of the first See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank . Mme . Allan died in Paris, in the height of her popularity, in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1856 .