James Archer

English, 1823-1904
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Graphic The Death of King Arthur
James Archer
Item ID:21656
Alexander smith, poet and writer
James Archer
Item ID:53030
Classical subject
James Archer
Item ID:53033
Emelye
James Archer
Item ID:53035
George anderson lawson, sculptor
James Archer
Item ID:53036
George william fox, 9th lord kinnaird
James Archer
Item ID:53037
James young simpson
James Archer
Item ID:53038
Henry irving, as charles I
James Archer
Item ID:53039
James archer, artist, self portrait
James Archer
Item ID:53041
Jeannette emmet
James Archer
Item ID:53042
John francis ure
James Archer
Item ID:53043
John Macwhirter, Landscape painter
James Archer
Item ID:53045
John pettie, artist
James Archer
Item ID:53046
Longing
James Archer
Item ID:53048
Mary carrie
James Archer
Item ID:53049
Merlin and lancelot
James Archer
Item ID:53050
Misses agnes and margaret perigal
James Archer
Item ID:53051
My great grandmother
James Archer
Item ID:53052
Professor john stuart blackie
James Archer
Item ID:53053
Queen guinevere
James Archer
Item ID:53054
Rosalind and Celia
James Archer
Item ID:53055
Samuel cartwright
James Archer
Item ID:53056
Sir daniel macnee
James Archer
Item ID:53057
Sir david murray, artist
James Archer
Item ID:53058
Sir william quiller orchardson, artist
James Archer
Item ID:53061
Summertime, gloucestershire
James Archer
Item ID:53062
The introduction
James Archer
Item ID:53063
Thomas alexander graham, artist
James Archer
Item ID:53065
Thomas carlyle
James Archer
Item ID:53066
Thomas de quincey
James Archer
Item ID:53067
Thomas taylor, JP, of wigan
James Archer
Item ID:53068
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James Archer (1823 - 3 Sep 1904) RSA, was a Scottish painter of portraits, genre works, landscapes and historical scenes.

Archer was born in Edinburgh, the son of Andrew Archer, a dentist, and Ann Cunningham, and educated at the Royal High School. He studied at the Trustee's Academy in Edinburgh under Sir William Allan and Thomas Duncan (painter). In 1840 he was accepted as a student at the Royal Scottish Academy and first exhibited there in 1842, with the biblical painting, "The Child St John in the Wilderness". He became an associate of the academy in 1850, and in 1858 an Academician (RSA)

Archer worked in oils, pencil and chalk, and at the beginning of his career specialised in portraiture, his best-known work includes children and people in costume as its subjects - in fact, he was the first Victorian painter to do children's portraits in period costume. In 1849 he exhibited his first historical picture 'The Last Supper' at the Royal Scottish Academy. His work after that mostly consisted of scenes taken from literature or legends that were popular at the time, such as Shakespeare and King Arthur. In about 1859 he began to paint a series of Arthurian subjects, including 'La Morte d'Arthur' and 'Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere'. In 1864, he moved to London.

In the 1880s, Archer travelled to the USA, where he painted Andrew Carnegie's portrait, and to India, where he painted landscapes and people in costume.

Archer died in 1904 in Haslemere in Surrey, survived by his son and three daughters from his marriage to Jane Clerk.


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