About this artwork
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artist:Robert Alexander (1840 - 1923) Scottish
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title:The Happy Mother
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date created:Dated 1887
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:81.50 x 116.30 cm; Framed: 111.90 x 146.50 x 12.20 cm
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credit line:Bequest of Mrs Annie Ogilvie Cooper 1925
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accession number:NG 1648
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Robert Alexander
Robert Alexander
Robert Alexander was born in Dalgarven, near Kilwinning in Ayrshire in 1840. He was apprenticed to a house-painter in Irvine who also painted landscapes. Subsequently, he obtained a position in the workshops of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. He turned to easel painting and shortly after 1868...
