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Ramsay, Allan
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Ramsay, Allan (1713–84). Portrait painter, born in Edinburgh, son of the poet Allan Ramsay. He studied in Edinburgh, London, Rome, and Naples, settling in London in 1739 and quickly establishing himself as the leading portraitist of the capital. He was particularly successful in painting women. ‘Mr. Ramsay is formed to paint them,’ said Horace
Walpole, and Ramsay was a serious rival to
Reynolds. He became a favourite painter of the royal family and was appointed principal painter in ordinary to George III in 1767. His employment at court and his career as a portrait painter ended in 1773 when he suffered an accident to his right arm. The rest of his life was spent in travel, writing, and conversation. His friends included David
Hume, for whom he painted Rousseau, Adam
Smith, and Samuel
Johnson, who said of him, ‘You will not find a man in whose conversation there is more instruction, more information, and more elegance, than in Ramsay's.’
June Cochrane
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'Protest is not about foxes - it's about our way of life'; Not everyone on next month's Countryside March in London will be a supporter of riding to hounds. But the 500,000 or so there will be united by concern of a threat to rural civil liberties. ALLAN RAMSAY meets a falconer who will be among them.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 2/22/2001; ; 634 words
; Byline: ALLAN RAMSAY ALAN AMES is unlikely to ever join a fox hunt, but he and his son will be walking the streets of London on the Countryside Alliance...
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'Protest is not about foxes it's about our way of life' Not everyone on next month's Countryside March in London will be a supporter of riding to hounds. But the 500,000 or so there will be united by concern of a threat to rural civil liberties. ALLAN RAMSAY meets a falconer who will be among them
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 2/22/2001; ; 606 words
; ALAN AMES is unlikely to ever join a fox hunt, but he and his son will be walking the streets of London on the Countryside Alliance march nevertheless. "I'm a bit indifferent to hunting. I don't think I'd enjoy it very much," says the 44-year-old falconer and owner of Eagle Heights bird of prey
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The lost African slavery and portraiture in the age of enlightenment: there are very few portraits of 18th-century black people in Britain. Rarer still is the high quality of this celebrated painting in Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum, but who is the sitter--and who is the artist? John Madin argues that it is a portrait of the great anti-slavery writer Ignatius Sancho, by Allan Ramsay.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 8/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; In 2007 we will commemorate a human tragedy on a massive transcontinental scale. Britain's abolition of its slave trade in 1807 brought to an end an enterprise that had inflicted unimaginable suffering upon millions of Africans. By the 18th century, Britain had become the most successful
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+(Dalkeith%2c+Scotland) "The Advertiser (Midlothian) (Dalkeith, Scotland)")
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Town mourns passing of Ramsay Allan.(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: The Advertiser (Midlothian) (Dalkeith, Scotland); 10/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...and housing association secretary Ramsay Allan has died at his Dalkeith home. He...over 40 years. A true gentleman, Ramsay was one of the first people to welcome...them for 30 years or 30 seconds. Ramsay was also a single handicap golfer...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Gordon Ramsay saved my bacon (and possibly my home, too); FAILING : The restaurant as it was TOP BILLING: Allan starring in Godspell in London's West End in the Seventies LAST RESORT: Allan had remortgaged his house,left and below,to save his restaurant, then in swept Gordon Ramsay, centre right, who first renamed it after Allan, then changed everything from the menu to the cutlery.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 10/28/2007; 700+ words
; ...well for former West End star Allan J. Love. Hisshowbusiness career...there was only one hope - Gordon Ramsay. Out of desperation he contacted...chef was effing andblinding at Allan 18 hours a day - as can be seen...I'm soglad I did,' says Allan, who has seen his business...
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Ramsay self-portrait up for auction in Capital
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 10/22/2008; 343 words
; ...auction of a self-portrait of Edinburgh-born artist Allan Ramsay. The painting, described as "one of the most important...s Auction of Scottish Art at the Assembly Rooms. Allan Ramsay was born in Edinburgh in 1713, and moved to London...
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Ramsay in auction scrum
Newspaper article from: Gloucestershire Echo, The; 4/26/2008; 292 words
; A Portrait by George III's official painter has sold for pounds80,000. The 18th century artist Allan Ramsay has pieces hanging in the Royal Collection at Windsor and his portrait of the Duke of Argyll graced Royal Bank of Scotland banknotes...
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Figures back in focus: Hugh Belsey welcomes a rare opportunity to enjoy a survey of British figure drawings from the age of Ramsay and Lawrence.(EXHIBITIONS)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...a commanding presence, but I felt short-changed by Allan Ramsay's compositional sketch for Queen Charlotte and her...Intimate Portrait: Drawings, Miniatures and Pastels from Ramsay to Lawrence; Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh...
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Honest Allan Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 6/23/1998; ; 449 words
; ALLAN Ramsay (1685-1758), the father of the portrait...later period but very much in the spirit of Ramsay. This was a splendid programme. It was...reconstruction, but as enjoyable as chatting with Ramsay and his cronies must have been.
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Restaurant Review: Clive Ramsay: Ramsay's kitchen heaven
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 4/6/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...heavens, then, for Clive Ramsay. Ramsay started out as a purveyor...good people of Bridge of Allan. With an eye for detail...Vital statistics Clive Ramsay 26 Henderson Street, Bridge of Allan, Stirling (01786 831616...
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Ramsay, Allan
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Ramsay, Allan (1713–84). Portrait painter, born in Edinburgh, son of the poet Allan Ramsay. He studied in Edinburgh, London, Rome, and Naples, settling in London...
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Allan Ramsay
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Allan Ramsay 1685?-1758, Scottish poet. An Edinburgh bookseller, he opened one...vernacular poetry that culminated in the work of Robert Burns . His son, Allan Ramsay, 1713-84, was a noted portrait painter. After a successful career...
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Scottish Enlightenment
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...Hutton's revolutionary theory of the earth. Poets like Ramsay, Ferguson, Burns , and Scott reactivated the resources...planning of the Adam family and the portraiture of Allan Ramsay and Sir Henry Raeburn needs to be viewed in the same...
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Edinburgh
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...established company. The best documented of early managements is that of Tony Aston from 1725 to 1728. In 1736 the poet Allan Ramsay opened a theatre in Carrubber's Close, only to have it closed by the Licensing Act of 1737. From 1741 there were...
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ballad opera
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...Opera with spoken dialogue and using popular tunes of the day provided with new words. Form originated in England with Allan Ramsay's The Gentle Shepherd (1725), but the success in 1728 of Gay's The Beggar's Opera started the vogue for this...
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