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Archibald Ramsay Douglas

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Archibald Ramsay Douglas
Born(1807-04-23)23 April 1807
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died23 December 1886(1886-12-23) (aged 79)
Edinburgh
NationalityScottish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Known forminiature painting
ParentWilliam Douglas

Miss Archibald Ramsay Douglas (23 April 1807 – 23 December 1886) was a Scottish miniature painter. She was the daughter of William Douglas.

Life

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Woman in Dress (1886)
Woman in Dress (1886)

Douglas was born in Edinburgh to William Douglas and his wife in 1807. She was the eldest of three children.[1] Her father was the miniature painter in Scotland employed by Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

Douglas was taught to paint by her father and opened studios in Hart Street in Edinburgh. Douglas exhibited four paintings at the Royal Academy in London and nine at the Royal Scottish Academy from 1834 to 1847.[2]

Douglas died in Edinburgh in 1886.

References

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  1. ^ Daphne Foskett (1979). Collecting Miniatures. Antique Collectors' Club. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-902028-79-1.
  2. ^ V. Remington, ‘Douglas, William [W. D.] (1780–1832)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 2 Jan 2017