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ALLAN, DAVID (17441796)

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 687 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AJA-ALL
ALLAN, DAVID (17441796) , Scottish historical painter, was born at
Alloa
 . On leaving Foulis's
academy
  of
painting
  at Glasgow (1762), after seven years'successful study, he obtained the patronage of Lord Cathcart and of Erskine of Mar, on whose estate he had been born. The latter furnished him with the means of proceeding to Rome (1764), where he remained for a number of years engaged principally in copying the old masters. Among the
original
  works which he then painted was the " Origin of
Portraiture
  "representing a Corinthian maid drawing her, lover's shadowwell known through Domenico Cunego's excellent engraving. This gained for him the gold
medal
  given by the
Academy
  of St Luke in the year 1773 for the best specimen of historical composition. Returning from Rome in 1797, he resided for a time in London, and occupied himself in portrait-
painting
 . In 178o he removed to Edinburgh, where, on the death of Alexander
Runciman
  in 1786, he was appointed director and master of the Academy of Arts. There he painted and etched in aquatint a variety of works, those by which he is best knownas the "Scotch Wedding," the "Highland Dance," the " Repentance
Stool
 ," and his " Illustrations of the Gentle Shepherd "being remarkable for their comic humour. He was called the " Scottish Hogarth "; but his drolleries hardly entitle him to this comparison.
Allan
  died at Edinburgh on the 6th of August 1796.


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