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" Allan ever painted. The subject is the old poetic dream of the origin of painting, or the Corinthian Maid drawing the shadow of her lover. The youth is sitting ; he keeps himself firm with his left hand, extends his right gently round the waist of his... "
The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects - Page 27
by Allan Cunningham - 1833
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The History of Civilisation in Scotland, Volume 4

John Mackintosh - 1896 - 532 pages
...everything else in the same style which Allan ever produced. The subject of the picture is the old dream of the " Origin of painting, or the Corinthian maid drawing the shadow of her lover." Of this small picture it has been said : " There is a happy elegance and serene grace about the group...
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CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA

1901
...he gained the gold medal of St Luke's Academy for the best historical composition. His subject was the 'Origin of Painting, or the Corinthian Maid drawing the Shadow of her Lover.' This picture, the highest effort of Allan's powers, was engraved by Cunego, and is now in the National...
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Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 1

Leslie Stephen, Sir Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee - 1885 - 492 pages
...had also been gained by Hamilton, but by 110 other Scotchman. The subject of Allan's picture was ' The Origin of Painting; or the Corinthian Maid drawing the Shadow of her Lover.' This picture, which was praised by Wilkie and Andrew Wilson, for a long time hung on the walls of the...
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Sir David Wilkie, R. A.

William Bayne - 1903 - 304 pages
...gold for the excellence of one of his pictures. This was a brilliant little picture in oil, called "The Origin of Painting; or, The Corinthian Maid drawing the Shadow of her Lover." It now hangs in the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh. It was not in Allan's true manner, being...
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Sir David Wilkie, R. A.

William Bayne - 1903 - 306 pages
...gold for the excellence of one of his pictures. This was a brilliant little picture in oil, called "The Origin of Painting; or, The Corinthian Maid drawing the Shadow of her Lover." It now hangs in the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh. It was not in Allan's true manner, being...
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Notes and Queries

1908 - 766 pages
...— The writer of the ' DNB' notice of David Allan has the following with regard to that artist's ' Origin of Painting ; or, the Corinthian Maid drawing the Shadow of her Lover ' : — " This picture, which was |. raided by Wilkie and Andrew Wilson, for a long time hung on the...
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Clackmannan and Kinross

John Percival Day - 1915 - 408 pages
...was enabled through the generosity of the county families to study art in Rome, where his picture, " The Origin of Painting or the Corinthian Maid drawing the shadow of her lover," won the gold medal of St Luke's. After a few years' portrait-painting in London, he settled in Edinburgh...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 1

David Patrick, William Geddie - 1923 - 860 pages
...he gained the gold medal of St Luke's Academy for the ttest historical composition. His subject was the 'Origin of Painting, or the Corinthian Maid drawing the Shadow of her Lover." This picture, the highest effort of Allan's powers, was engraved by Cunego, and is now in the National...
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Chambers's Biographical Dictionary

David Patrick, Francis Hindes Groome, William Geddie, John Liddell Geddie - 1926 - 1036 pages
...friends enabled him to go to Rome, where in 1773 he gained the gold medal of St Luke's Academy by his ' Origin of Painting, or the Corinthian Maid drawing the Shadow of her Lover/ now in the National Gallery at Edinburgh. In 1777 Allan came to London, where he painted portraits...
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Dictionary of national biography, ed. by L. Stephen (and S. Lee ..., Volume 1

Dictionary - 1885 - 500 pages
...which had also been gained by Hamilton, but by no other Scotchman. The subject of Allan's picture was ' The Origin of Painting; or the Corinthian Maid drawing the Shadow of her Lover.' This picture, which was praised by Wilkie and Andrew Wilson, for a long time hung on the walls of the...
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