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The Scottish school of painting (1906)

McKay, William Darling, 1844-1924 · London : Duckworth and Co.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 186

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dling. With Allan the picturesquenessof attire and accessories barely saves the pictures fromdulncss. Sometimes, indeed, his overcrowding of acces-sories and heavy-handed treatment of detail injure theeffect of a really fine design, as in the Circassian Chiifsselling Captives. Of the large… … o ^ < SI ■n Ou h w < ~c/: >. 5 oi si 5s y; WILKIES CONTEMPORARIES 147 . Andrew Geddes, on the contrary, was a born painter.He is difficult to place, in more ways than one. His pro-fessional life was devoted almost entirely to portrait-painting, yet he cannot be classed amongst the…

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