Robert Herdman Signed Engraving – "Antiquary & Lovel" in Antique Frame

Antique Framed Rare Engraving Print :Robert Herdman Engraving "Antiquary & Lovel" Signed


Extra Information:
The antiquary Jonathan Oldbuck chastizing his niece Mary M'Intyre for entering and cleaning his study (his 'Sanctum sanctorum') without permission.

Artist Biography:
Robert Inerarity Herdman RSA RSW was a Victorian artist specializing in portraiture and historical compositions. He is also remembered for a series of pastoral scenes featuring young girls. He received commissions from most Scottish city councils, and is work is found in many galleries including the Royal Scottish Academy and National Portrait Gallery, London. He was elected an Associate of the RSA in 1861 and became a Fellow in 1863. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and British Institution in London 1861–1887. He exhibited in Philadelphia in 1876 and Paris in 1878. Herdman was born in Rattray near Blairgowrie in Perthshire. He is known to have originally studied divinity at the University of St. Andrews but abandoned this and came to Edinburgh in 1847 to train under Robert Scott Lauder as an artist. He was a friend of Professor John Stuart Blackie, who instilled in him a love of the Celtic Revival reflected in his later works. He lived mainly in Edinburgh. In the 1860s he lived at 32 Danube street. In the 1880s he is listed as living at 12 Bruntsfield Crescent He died in Edinburgh and is buried there in the Grange Cemetery on the outer side of the northern slope to the central vaults. He was married to Emma Abbott. Their son William Abbott Herdman FRSE was an eminent oceanographer who served on the Challenger Expedition. His son Robert Duddingston Herdman (1863–1922) was also an artist.

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Dimensions: 42 x 34 cm

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