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Allan Ramsay
Allan Ramsay

Allan Ramsay

Scottish, 1713-1784
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Allan Ramsay was a prominent Scottish portrait-painter.
Allan Ramsay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the eldest son of Allan Ramsay, poet and author of The Gentle Shepherd. From the age of twenty he studied in London under the Swedish painter Hans Hysing, and at the St. Martin's Lane Academy; leaving in 1736 for Rome and Naples, where he worked for three years under Francesco Solimena and Imperiali (Francesco Fernandi).

On his return in 1738 to the British Isles, he first settled in Edinburgh, attracting attention by his head of Duncan Forbes of Culloden and his full-length portrait of the Duke of Argyll, later used on Royal Bank of Scotland banknotes. He later moved to London, where he was employed by the Duke of Bridgewater.

His pleasant manners and varied culture, not less than his artistic skill, contributed to render him popular. His only serious competitor was Thomas Hudson, with whom he shared a drapery painter, Joseph van Aken.

He gave up painting in about 1770 to concentrate on literary pursuits. His health was shattered by an accidental dislocation of the right arm and his second wife's death in 1782. With unflinching pertinacity, he struggled until he had completed a likeness of the king upon which he was engaged at the time, and then started for his beloved Italy. He left a series of 50 royal portraits to be completed by his assistant Reinagle. For several years he lingered in the south, his constitution finally broken. He died at Dover on 10 August 1784.

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Self-portrait

Self-portrait (1756)

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Portrait of Lady Frances Carteret, later Marchioness of Tweeddale (1718-1788)

Portrait of Lady Frances Carteret, later Marchioness of Tweeddale (1718-1788) (1748)

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Portrait of a Lady

Portrait of a Lady (1741)

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Portrait of Richard Powney, D.C.L (b. c.1702)

Portrait of Richard Powney, D.C.L (b. c.1702)

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Lady Sophia Desart

Lady Sophia Desart (1751)

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John, Second Baron Desart

John, Second Baron Desart (1751)

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Portrait of Miss Craigie

Portrait of Miss Craigie (1741)

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Portrait of John Reid

Portrait of John Reid (1751)

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Queen Charlotte, with her Two Eldest Sons

Queen Charlotte, with her Two Eldest Sons (circa 1764-69)

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Queen Charlotte

Queen Charlotte (1762-1766)

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King George III

King George III (1762-1766)

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Portrait Of Lady Hariot Vernon

Portrait Of Lady Hariot Vernon (1742)

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Portrait Of Miss Finch

Portrait Of Miss Finch (1744)

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Portrait Of A Lady

Portrait Of A Lady

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Portrait Of A Lady, Traditionally Identified As Mrs. Kitty Clive

Portrait Of A Lady, Traditionally Identified As Mrs. Kitty Clive

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Portrait Of A Lady In An Elegant Dress

Portrait Of A Lady In An Elegant Dress

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The Artist’s Wife, Margaret Lindsay of Evelick

The Artist’s Wife, Margaret Lindsay of Evelick (1758)

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Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck

Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck (between 1754 and 1755)

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Henry Bellenden

Henry Bellenden (ca. 1749)

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Mary Adam

Mary Adam (1754)

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Portrait Of A Lady, Three-Quarter Length, Seated At A Harpsichord, Holding A Sheet Of Music

Portrait Of A Lady, Three-Quarter Length, Seated At A Harpsichord, Holding A Sheet Of Music

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Portrait Of John Campbell

Portrait Of John Campbell (1749)

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Arabella Pershall, Lady Glenorchy

Arabella Pershall, Lady Glenorchy

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Portrait of a Gentleman

Portrait of a Gentleman (1745)

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George III Of England

George III Of England (1765 – 1766)

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Portrait Of Lady Susanna Campbell, Née Bernard (D. 1751)

Portrait Of Lady Susanna Campbell, Née Bernard (D. 1751)

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Lady In A Pink Silk Dress

Lady In A Pink Silk Dress

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King George III In Coronation Robes

King George III In Coronation Robes (circa 1765)

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1766)

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David Hume, Historian And Philosopher

David Hume, Historian And Philosopher (1766)

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