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Description: | 73.0 x 115.0 x 10.0 inscr. v. original canvas [now covered by relining] "Sketch suggested by reading a papragraph in a / Newspaper last year, stating . . ." [ perhaps originally the cutting was pasted next to this] CRE SCOTT, David; (Scottish; 1806-1849) LABEL: This sketch of an incident from the 1831 Polish uprising was inspired by a newspaper report. Its original title was 'A Sketch suggested by ? paragraph in a newspaper last year stating that the Poles did nobly and that the Russian General had craved an armistice to bury his dead.' Scott completed the painting in January 1832, a few months after the final defeat of the Polish army. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | MILITARY : VIOLENCE : DEATH : NIGHT : FIGURE : MALE : SCOTTISH 19TH CENTURY : 2004 : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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