Dawkins and Wood Discovering the Ruins of Palmyra

Gavin Hamilton (1723 - 1798)

Scottish National Gallery

1758

The sitters, James Dawkins (1722-1757) and Robert Wood (1716/17-1771) are dressed in classical drapes. The painting commemorates the important discovery of the Ruins of Palmyra, and the general interest in antiques at that time

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 310 x 389 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £51492 ( Total: £404,145; Tax Remission)
• ArtFunded in: 1997
• Vendor: C J Dawkins

Provenance

Commissioned from Gavin Hamilton by Henry Dawkins of Standlynch, Wiltshire and Overnoxton Park, Oxon, and thence by descent; on loan to the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, since 1954.

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