David Wilkie

Artist (United Kingdom)

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Sir David Wilkie RA (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) was a Scottish painter. Through the influence of the Earl of Leven Wilkie was admitted to the Trustees' Academy in Edinburgh, and began the study of art under John Graham. Wilkie turned to historical art, and painted his Alfred in the Neatherd's Cottage, for the gallery illustrative of English history which was being...