for a time refused. Thereupon Lord Leven was called in to smooth obstacles away, and before long his young protege1 was winning prizes from the Trustees. Judging, however, from the life-size studies Wilkie produced in later years, his work as a student must have been notable for character rather… … SKETCH FOR ' NOT AT HOME.' BY SIR DAVID WILKIE. In 1804 Wilkie returned to Cults, and set to work to compose his Pitlessie Fair. Here he had a subject entirely to his taste, and, what is more, to his powers. A crowd of country folk are come together partly for business, partly for enjoyment ; most,…
Painting, Scottish · Painters
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