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Description: | I U s. in plate b.r; "J.Mitchell sculpsit. Impensis R&A Foulis"; inscr. in plate b.c; "To his excellency Sir Joseph Yorke KNIGHT of the Bath / his majesty's embassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the States General.This plate is inscribed in remembrance of his protection / which vanquished the unforeseen obstacles to establishing an Academy of the fine arts in this university. Glasgow 1768."inscr. in plate b.l. "From a Drawing after Raphael" CRE MITCHELL, James; (Scottish; act. 1766-1773) AFTER RAPHAEL, Raffaello Santi; (Italian; 1483-1520) This plate was dedicated to Sir Jospeh Yorke, Baron Dover (1724-1792), diplomatist, son of Sir Philip Yorke. Both father and son were important supporters of the Academy of the Fine Arts run by the brothers Robert and Andrew Foulis in Glasgow University 1753-1775. Philip bought a copy of the Duke of Hamilton's Rubens painting, Daniel in the Lions' Den. Joseph intervened with the Customs in Rotterdam when a batch of paintings for the Academy got held up. | 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: | HOLY FAMILY : AFTER RAPHAEL. : SAINTS : ST ELISABETH : ST PAUL : RELIGION : BIBLE : MALE : FEMALE : INFANT : FOULIS ACADEMY : UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW : HUNTER 2007 : | 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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