92.00 x 71.70 cm; Framed: 91.00 x 89.60 x 4.00 cm ...

An unusually large Christ Child is seated on a rocky outcrop beside his mother, gazing intently at a cross-shaped yarnwinder as if already aware of his future crucifixion. The Virgin’s tender ...

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As described in the Gospel of Saint Matthew, the three kings, Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar, worship the new-born Christ child, sitting on Mary’s lap on the right, surrounded by onlookers. The ...

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This drawing by Thomas Hamilton shows the Dean Orphanage in Edinburgh before its construction from 1831 to 1833. Hamilton was the architect for the project and an accomplished watercolourist, who may ...

Robert Adamson was one of the first professional photographers, setting up in business in Edinburgh in March 1843. He had aspired to be an engineer but his health was too poor. His brother, John, who ...

During the 19th and 20th centuries, France – and particularly the capital Paris – was a hub for creative developments in the visual arts. Artists travelled there to discover inventive approaches, ...

Hamilton was born in Lanarkshire and educated at Glasgow University. He travelled to Rome in 1748 to study painting under Agostino Masucci. He returned to London in 1751 but decided to settle ...

Walter William Ouless was born on Jersey, the son of a painter of marine subjects. Ouless first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1869 and was made a member of the Academy in 1881. He initially ...