Artist: Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784)
Nationality: British
Movement: British School of Portraiture
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Son of famous poet Allan Ramsay, his son of the same name was raised and well educated in his hometown of Edinburgh. He also trained there, but eventually traveled to Rome and came under the influence of Pompeo Batoni, a fashionable Italian portraitist. In 1762, Ramsay moved to London and became the Principal Painter to King George III five years later. He also helped to found the Royal Academy in 1768. A very successful and talented portraitist artist, Ramsay was known for expressiveness and emotions in his paintings. He also published several philosophical essays.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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David Allan, Scottish, 1744-1796 Frontispiece designed by Allan Ramsay, Scottish, 1713-1784 Poet Ramsay [Book] Allan
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Allan Ramsay - King George III 1713-84 oil on canvas The Mint Museums English
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Allan Ramsay - Queen Charlotte 1713-84 oil on canvas The Mint Museums English
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Allan Ramsay - Portrait of Mrs. Mary Martin 1761 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Henry Wolf The Sonata, after the painting by Irving Ramsay Wiles, now in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (1985.7) wood engraving 19th - 20th century
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Henry Wolf The Sonata, after the painting by Irving Ramsay Wiles, now in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (1985.7) wood engraving 19th - 20th century
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Irving Ramsay Wiles The Sonata oil on canvas 1889
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James Peale - The Ambush of Captain Allan McLane 1803 oil on canvas Utah Museum of Fine Arts American
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William Allan William Allan/ Recent Watercolors and Paintings/ the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco/ California Palace of the Legion of Honor/ 20 July through 8 September 1974 color offset lithograph poster 1974
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David Allan Preaching in the Collosseum at Rome etching 18th century
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Allan Kaprow untitled, plate on p. 101 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Allan Kaprow untitled, plate on p. 100 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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William Allan Trout lithograph 1973
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Ramsay Richard Reinagle - Landscape near Tivoli, with part of the Claudian Aqueduct n.d. oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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William Allan Tomales Color aquatint 1975
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Ward, Leslie Matthew (Spy) "The Gateshead Giant" (Mr. William Allan, M.P.), Statesman No. 623, from Vanity Fair, October 26, 1893 Lithograph 1893
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Charles Allan (C.A.) Gilbert Scribner's May (Life at Wellesley) by Miss Goadlau color lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley San Francisco Rock Poster; Family Dog Productions, "Edgar Allan Poe," Daily Flash; Country Joe amd the Fish; Avalon Ballroom, 10/21-22/66 lithograph 1966
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Allan D'Arcangelo - Landscape 1964 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Allan D'Arcangelo - Landscape c. 1967 acrylic on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 By the Sea 1865 Oil on canvas 20.32 x 35.88
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 Farmhouse 1868 Oil on canvas 40.32 x 65.09 cm (15
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Allan Rohan Crite - Harriet and Leon 1941 oil on canvas Boston Athenaeum American
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Allan Rohan Crite - Marble Players 1938 oil on canvas Boston Athenaeum American
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 At the Shore 1860 Oil on canvas 50.8 x 104.14
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 The Alps about 1847 Oil on panel 27.3 x 35.24
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 The Wagoner 1850 Oil on panel 17.14 x 19.68 cm
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 Farmhouse at Rye Beach, New Hampshire 1870 Oil on board
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 Rocks at Cohasset 1869 Oil on board 30.16 x 48.26
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Carle (Antoine-Charles -Horace) Vernet Allan Mack-Aulay,....fourteenth plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lithograph 18th - 19th ce
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Allan Gwynne-Jones - Spring Evening, Froxfield 1922 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Allan D'Arcangelo - Number One Of Road Series 2 1965 acrylic on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910 Presidential Range in Early Autumn about 1855 Oil on paperboard
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Allan D'Arcangelo Landscape I, pl. 4 from Eleven Pop Artists, Vol. I screen print on wove paper 1965
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Allan D'Arcangelo Landscape III, plate 2 from the portfolio Eleven Pop Artists, Vol. III Color screenprint 1965
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled (Poe in chair with cat ), second plate in the book The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Note on Poe by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Lois and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. ([New York: n. p., 1959]) woodcut on handmade Goyu paper
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled (Poe with patterned waistcoat),third plate in the book The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Note on Poe by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Lois and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. ([New York: n. p., 1959]) woodcut on handmade Goyu pa
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Antonio Frasconi The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Note on Poe by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Lois and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. ([New York: n. p., 1959]) book with 12 woodcuts including frontispiece and colophon on handmade Goyu paper 1959
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled ( Poe), sixth plate in the book The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Note on Poe by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Lois and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. ([New York: n. p., 1959]) woodcut on handmade Goyu paper 1959
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled (Poe with Raven), fifth plate in the book The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Note on Poe by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Lois and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. ([New York: n. p., 1959]) woodcut on handmade Goyu paper 1959
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled (portrait of Poe), frontispiece in the book The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Note on Poe by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Lois and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. ([New York: n. p., 1959]) woodcut on handmade Goyu paper 1959
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled (Poe with Ravens nd Crosses), ninth plate in the book The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Note on Poe by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Lois and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. ([New York: n. p., 1959]) woodcut on handmade Goyu pap
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled (Poe's Head), first plate in the book The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Note on Poe by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Lois and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. ([New York: n. p., 1959]) woodcut on handmade Goyu paper 1959
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled (Poe in the Moonlight), eighth plate on double page in the book The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Note on Poe by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Lois and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. ([New York: n. p., 1959]) woodcut on handmade
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled (plant form), image on colophon page in the book The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Note on Poe by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Lois and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. ([New York: n. p., 1959]) woodcutprinted in red on handmade
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled (Poe at bottom sheet), seventh plate in the book The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Note on Poe by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Lois and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. ([New York: n. p., 1959]) woodcut on handmade Goyu paper 195
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled (full legnth portrait of Poe), fourth plate in the book The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Note on Poe by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Lois and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. ([New York: n. p., 1959]) woodcut on handmade Goyu p
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled (bllurred forms),tenth plate in the book The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. With a Note on Poe by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Lois and Francis E. Hyslop Jr. ([New York: n. p., 1959]) woodcut on handmade Goyu paper 1959
J. Paul Getty Museum -
The Letter
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Emmy Lou Packard Untitled (Shipyard) watercolor 1944
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Julia Duckworth
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Hans Erni Nude, from Nous Sommes Deux ET 1959
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Bernard Buffet Face of a Man Drypoint circa 1958
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Anthony Harrison Requiem II etching 1963
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Anthony Harrison Requiem III etching 1963
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Anthony Harrison Requiem I etching 1963
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Peter Paone Bosch Etching 20th century
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John Coleman Some Figures and a Table color etching 1964
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Multiple Artists Seven Objects in a Box seven objects by seven artists in various media 1966
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John Talfourd Smyth Arabs Dividing the Spoils etching and engraving 19th century
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Horatio Nelson Poole Live Oak Tree graphite 1934
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Leonard Baskin Ares 1962
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Leonard Baskin Hephaistes 1962
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Leonard Baskin In The Meadow Etching 1964
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Leonard Baskin Beham Etching 1962
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Leonard Baskin Blake Etching 1963
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Nathan Oliveira To Edgar Allan Poe portfolio 1971
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Horatio Nelson Poole Grove of Trees in Hilly Landscape graphite 1934
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Horatio Nelson Poole Street in Chinatown pen and ink and wash circa mid 20th century
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Artist: Fang or Tsogo Title: Pair of reliquary figures Date: 19th century Medium: painted wood
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Michael Mazur Figures Fixed or Figure Falling Etching and soft ground etching 1965
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Leonard Baskin Portrait Of Eakins Woodcut 1962
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Leonard Baskin Man and Bird Color woodcut circa 1958
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Edgar Allan Poe
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George Grosz 5 A.M. Lithograph 1921
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Horatio Nelson Poole Rocky California Coast penm and ink snd wash circa mid 20th century
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Horatio Nelson Poole Barren Trees, Two Foals, and a Barn graphite circa 1925 - 1940
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Horatio Nelson Poole Hilly California Landscape with Oaks graphite circa 1925 - 1935
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Nathan Oliveira Untitled from Edgar Allan Poe portfolio Lithograph 1971
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Nathan Oliveira Untitled from Edgar Allan Poe portfolio Lithograph 1971
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Nathan Oliveira Untitled from Edgar Allan Poe porfolio Lithograph 1971
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Nathan Oliveira Untitled from Edgar Allan Poe porfolio Lithograph 1971
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Nathan Oliveira Untitled from Edgar Allan Poe porfolio Lithograph 1971
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Nathan Oliveira Untitled from Edgar Allan Poe porfolio Lithograph 1971
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Nathan Oliveira Untitled from Edgar Allan Poe portfolio Lithograph 1971
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Leonard Baskin Untitled (woman And Crow) Wood Engraving 1964
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Nathan Oliveira [Plate] II from the suite, To Edgar Allan Poe lithograph on Velon Arches paper 1970
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Nathan Oliveira [Plate] V from the suite, To Edgar Allan Poe lithograph on Velon Arches paper 1971
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Nathan Oliveira [Plate] IV from the suite, To Edgar Allan Poe lithograph on Velon Arches paper 1970
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Nathan Oliveira [Plate] VII from the suite, To Edgar Allan Poe lithograph on Velon Arches paper 1971
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Nathan Oliveira [Plate] VI from the suite, To Edgar Allan Poe lithograph on Velon Arches paper 1971
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Nathan Oliveira [Plate] III from the suite, To Edgar Allan Poe lithograph on Velon Arches paper 1970
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Nathan Oliveira [Plate] I from the suite, To Edgar Allan Poe lithograph on Velon Arches paper 1970
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Nathan Oliveira [Plate] IIIA from the suite, To Edgar Allan Poe lithograph on Velon Arches paper 1970
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Leonard Baskin Homage to Goita black ink and wash over graphite 1960
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Nathan Oliveira Untitled (Artist's proof III A) from Edgar Allan Poe portfolio Color lithograph 1971
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Nathan Oliveira VIIP, unpublished trial proof for [Plate] VII from the suite, To Edgar Allan Poe lithograph on Velon Arches paper 1971
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Leonard Baskin Dog - from the Portfolio Castle Street Dogs Wood engraving 1959
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Leonard Baskin Dog - from the Portfolio Castle Street Dogs Wood engraving 1959
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Leonard Baskin Dog - from the Portfolio Castle Street Dogs Wood engraving 1959

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (3)
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Gasworks Gallery: Dead of Night: John Beagles and Graham Ramsay
Dead of Night will take these long running concerns into a new direction with work that extends their interest in theatrical self-portraiture, and the grotesque doppelganger. For the duration of the exhibition the gallery will be transformed into ...
Artrageously RamsayOng: Zarina Binti Abdullah: Dari Mata Ke Mata
Artrageously RamsayOng showcases paintings by Ramsay Ong, Narong Daun, Ngau Jau, choice old and new textiles, natural fibre mats, old traditional baskets, traditional wood carvings, asian styled furniture, exclusively designed bead works, tribal...
The Sunflower Centre: Inspiration of Three Countries
This exciting exhibition will officially open at 5:00 p.m. on the 6th day of October 2000 and will carry on until Sunday, the 8th day of October 2000. So what better way to spend sometime on a weekend then a visit to Inspiration of Three Countrie...

Further Artwork and Information:

Allan Ramsay Online
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Allan Ramsay - Olgas Gallery
Allan Ramsay - [Index]
RPO -- Selected Poetry of Allan Ramsay (1686-1758)
ScotsteXt! Allan Ramsay
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Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Wikipedia: Allan Ramsay
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