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See also: British painter, was See also: born, on the 13th of See also: December 1821, in Woolers See also: Alley, See also: Dunfermline, where his See also: father, a See also: fellow of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries, carried on the See also: trade of a See also: damask manufacturer
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He showed strong See also: artistic inclinations in early childhood, but had no See also: regular See also: art training, except a brief See also: period ofstudy in the Royal See also: Academy School in 1843
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He gained a prize of £200 in the first See also: Westminster See also: Hall competition, in 1845, for his
See also: cartoon " The Spirit of See also: Religion," and in the following See also: year he exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy his " See also: Quarrel of Oberon and Titania." A companion fairy picture, " The Reconciliation of Oberon and Titania " went to Westminster Hall in 1847, and for it and his picture of " Christ bearing the See also: Cross " he was awarded a prize of £300 by the See also: Fine Arts Commissioners
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The two Oberon pictures are in the See also: National Gallery of Scotland, where they have long been a centre of attraction
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His first exhibited picture, " See also: Ruth Gleaning," appeared at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1844
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He began to contribute to the Royal Academy of See also: London in 1856
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Throughout his career his preference was for allegorical, fairy and religious subjects
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Among his most famous pictures are " The Pursuit of Pleasure " (1855), Mors Janua Vitae " (1866), " Oskold and the Elle-maids " (1874), and " In Die Malo " (1882)
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See also: Sir Noel Paton also produced a certain amount of sculpture, more notable for design than for searching execution
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He was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1847, and a full member in 1850; he was appointed See also: Queen's Limner for Scotland in 1866, and received See also: knighthood in 1867
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In 1878 the University of See also: Edinburgh conferred upon him the degree of LL.D
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He was a poet of distinct merit, as his Poems by a Painter (1861) and Spindrift (1867) pleasantly exemplified
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He was also well known as an See also: antiquary, his See also: hobby, indeed, being the collection of arms and See also: armour
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Sir Noel died in Edinburgh on the 26th of December 1901
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His eldest son, Diarmid Noel Paton (b
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1859), became regius professor of physiology in See also: Glasgow in 1906; and another son, See also: Frederick Noel Paton (b
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1861), became in 1905 director of commercial intelligence to the See also: government of See also: India
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