Edinburgh-born William Russell Flint is best known for his watercolours of naked, nubile women. He began his career as an apprentice lithographer in Edinburgh, moving to London in 1900 where he worked ...

This medal commemorates the Duke of Cumberland’s victory over the Jacobites at Culloden. The obverse shows the duke mounted on a horse, his sword held aloft. The reverse shows him galloping across a ...

ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Acquired jointly through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Art Fund, 2008 German artist Beuys ...

Archibald Alison was brought up and educated in Edinburgh before becoming a successful lawyer. His true vocation, however, was as a historian and social commentator, in both cases of strongly ...

This celebratory display of works by internationally renowned Scottish artist Bruce McLean, marks his 80th birthday. Trace McLean’s humorous and lively six-decade long inquiry into sculpture and revel ...

Goya, born in Fuendetodos, Zaragoza, Spain, was an original and enigmatic artist, equally gifted as a painter and printmaker. His appointment in 1786 as painter to the Spanish King Charles IV followed ...

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use in free educational lectures and classes use on an individual or group's website discussing the artwork in question (except on websites where the individual is promoting themselves or a group, ...

Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed on 8 February 1587 at Fotheringhay Castle, in Northamptonshire. After nineteen years in captivity, she was found guilty of plotting the assassination of her cousin, ...

Get 15% off* your purchases from Friday 29 November to Sunday 1 December at our very special festive shopping event in our gallery shops and online. This shopping event is part of Museum Shop Sunday, ...

The original version of 'Beata Beatrix' is in Tate and dates from around 1864- 70. Images for much of Rossetti's work were provided by his study and translation of medieval poetry, including Dante's ...

This painting, which dates from 1888 and was made in Pont-Aven, Brittany, is one of Gauguin's most famous works. The Breton women, dressed in distinctive regional costume, have just listened to a ...