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John Alexander (painter)

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and received commissions from the exiled Stuart court. Following his return to Scotland in 1720 he was commissioned by the
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was his paternal great-grandfather. He spent some time in London before going to Rome in 1711. There he studied under
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wrote that they did Alexander no kind of credit, and termed them slight, loose, and incorrect etchings.
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The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
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Living with Jacobitism, 1690–1788: The Three Kingdoms and Beyond
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Portrait of John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee by John Alexander
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Alexander was the son of a doctor from Aberdeen. The painter
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He was active as a printmaker, and etched some plates after
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site: works by John Alexander in British public collections
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Index

John Alexander (disambiguation)
Scottish
painter
engraver
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari

George Jamesone
Giuseppe Chiari
2nd Duke of Gordon
Gordon Castle
Rape of Proserpine
Palazzo Barberini
National Gallery of Scotland
Jacobites
rising of 1745
Battle of Culloden
Raphael
Loggie of the Vatican
Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Joseph Strutt
Cosmo Alexander






"The Rape of Proserpine"

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