Alx.r Nasmyth. 1818 [fascimile signature].
Will.m Nicholson R.S.A. Pinxt. Edward Burton, Sculpt. [c.1818.] Mezzotint, laid on album paper at edges. Sheet 350 x 270mm (13¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate. Head and shoulders portrait in oval of Scottish painter Alexander Nasmyth (1758-1840), most famous for the portrait of Robert Burns (a close friend) in the Scottish National Gallery. He set up a drawing school, with pupils including both David Wilkie and David Roberts.
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