NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Skirving, Archibald, 1749-1819 DNB: Skirving, Archibald (1749-1819), portrait artist LBT ID: ArSkirv1819 VIAF ID: 77160408 LOC ID: nr99012039 | B/BAP: 1749-10 DIED: 1819-05-19 |
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Scottish portraitist, son of the poet Adam Skirving; he was captured and imprisoned while
returning from Rome (1795); he is remembered for his chalk portrait of Robert Burns. | |