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LAWRENCE MACDONALD (1799-1878)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 213 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LAWRENCE
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MACDONALD (1799-1878)  ,
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British sculptor, was
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born at Findo-Gask,
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Perthshire,
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Scotland . In
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early
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life he served as a
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mason's apprentice . Having shown an aptitude for
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stone
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carving, he became an
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art student at the Trustees'
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Academy,
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Edinburgh . By the help of
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friends he was enabled to visit
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Rome, where together with other artists he helped to found the British Academy of Arts . He returned to Edinburgh in 1826 . In 1829 he was elected a member of the Scottish Academy . From 1832 until his
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death his
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home was in Rome .

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