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David Wilkie was born in Pitlessie Fife in Scotland on 18 November 1785. He was the son of the parish minister of Cults, Fife. Caroline Wilkie was a relative. He developed a love for art at an early age. In 1799, after he had attended school at Pitlessie, Kingskettle and Cupar, his father reluctantly agreed to his becoming a painter.
Paintings by Sir David Wilkie. A Young Woman kneeling at a Prayer Desk. Sir David Wilkie. On display elsewhere. Trafalgar Square. London. WC2N 5DN. information@nationalgallery.org.uk.
Single and and Group Portraits (not illustrated in the Victorian Web) Viscount Arbuthnot. The First Council of Queen Victoria. The Artist's Parents. King William IV. Arthur, First Duke of Wellington. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria.
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Artist: Sir David Wilkie (British, Cults, Scotland 1785–1841 off Gibraltar) Date: 1824. ... Sir David Wilkie (British, Cults, Scotland 1785–1841 off Gibraltar)
David Wilkie was one of the most successful painters of the Regency period and was greatly encouraged by the Regent. Born in Fife, trained in Edinburgh, Wilkie settled in London in 1805 and began regularly exhibiting at the Royal Academy small scale scenes of everyday life. At this time Dutch and Flemish old master paintings were hugely popular and expensive, as is demonstrated by the works ...
