Historical painter, born in Edinburgh, EC Scotland, UK. In 1805 he went to St Petersburg, then spent several years in Russia and Turkey, painting scenes of Russian life. In 1841 he was appointed Queen's Limner (painter) in Scotland. His Scottish historical paintings include scenes from the novels of Sir Walter Scott.
Sir William Allan (1782 – 1850) was a distinguished Scottish historical painter, born at Edinburgh, many of his paintings being on national subjects.
Works
Russian Peasants keeping their Holiday, um 1809
Bashkirs, 1814, St. Petersburg, Hermitage
Frontier Guard, 1814, St. Petersburg, Hermitage
The Sale of Circassian
Captives to a Turkish Bashaw, 1816
Tartar Robbers dividing Spoil, 1817, Tate Gallery London
John Knox admonishing Mary Queen of Scots, 1823
The Regent Murray shot by Hamilton
of Bothwellhaugh, gegen 1825, Woburn Abbey
The Black Dwarf, 1827, National Gallery of Scotland
Lord Byron in a Turkish Fisherman's House after swimming across the Hellespont),
1831
Slave Market, 1838, Edingburgh, National Gallery of Scotland
The Signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh, City Art Centre,
The Recovery of the
stolen Child, 1841, Aberdeen, Art Gallery
Peter the Great teaching his Subjects the Art of Shipbuilding, 1845, formerly Winter Palais of Hermitage, lost
The Battle of Waterloo,
1845, Sandhurst, Royal Military Academy.
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