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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 See also:MACDONALD (1799-1878)  , See also:British sculptor, was See also:born at Findo-Gask, See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland . In See also:early See also:life he served as a See also:mason's apprentice . Having shown an aptitude for See also:stone See also:carving, he became an See also:art student at the Trustees' See also:Academy, See also:Edinburgh . By the help of See also:friends he was enabled to visit See also: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 See also:death his See also:home was in Rome .

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