The Highland Family 1824 Sir David Wilkie British, Scottish Wilkie, a genre painter, served as a court artist under George IV and his successors. This painting, commissioned by the Earl of Essex in 1824, was exhibited by Wilkie at the Royal Academy in 1825. The scenes rustic detail, as in the vignette of collie dogs lolling next to the open hearth, and its patriotic sentiment, which stems from the novels of Sir Walter Scott, explain the contemporary opinion that this work was not a costume piece but a "portrait painted from life.". The Highland Family. Sir David Wilkie (British, Cults, Scotland 1785-1841 off Gibraltar). 1824. Oil on wood. Paintings

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The Highland Family 1824 Sir David Wilkie British, Scottish Wilkie, a genre painter, served as a court artist under George IV and his successors. This painting, commissioned by the Earl of Essex in 1824, was exhibited by Wilkie at the Royal Academy in 1825. The scenes rustic detail, as in the vignette of collie dogs lolling next to the open hearth, and its patriotic sentiment, which stems from the novels of Sir Walter Scott, explain the contemporary opinion that this work was not a costume piece but a "portrait painted from life.". The Highland Family. Sir David Wilkie (British, Cults, Scotland 1785-1841 off Gibraltar). 1824. Oil on wood. Paintings

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