David Scott

David Scott (1806 - 1849) was a Scottish artist. He was born at Edinburgh, where he attended the Royal High School, and studied art under his father, Robert Scott, the engraver. He was the brother of William Bell Scott.

In 1828 he exhibited his first oil picture, the Hopes of Early Genius dispelled by Death, which was followed by Cain, Nimrod, Adam and Eve singing their Morning Hymn, Sarpedon carried by Sleep and Death, and other subjects of a poetic and imaginative character.

In 1829 he became a member of the Scottish Academy, and in 1832 visited Italy, where he spent more than a year in study. While in Rome he executed a large symbolical painting, entitled the Agony of Discord, or The Household Gods Destroyed. The works of his later years include Vasco da Gama encountering the Spirit of the Storm, a picture immense in size and most powerful in conception finished in 1842, and now preserved in the Trinity House, Leith; the Duke of Gloucester entering the Water Gate of Calais (1841); The…more

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	Recovering Scottish History: John Hill Burton and Scottish National Identity in the Nineteenth Century by Craig Beveridge really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2022 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Portfolio: Treasures from the Diploma Collection at the Royal Scottish Academy by Tom Normand really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	David Scott, 1806 - 1849 by Mungo Campbell 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1991 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoir of David Scott, RSA: Containing His Journal in Italy, Notes on Art, and Other Papers by William Bell Scott 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1850 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scottish Painting Past and Present, 1620 - 1908 by James L. Caw 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1908 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cencrastus No. 19: Winter 1984 by Geoff Parker (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1984 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aberdeen Magazine 1 by John Hill Burton (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1831 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brill's Companion to the Reception of Sophocles (Brill's Companions to Classical Reception, 10) by Rosanna Lauriola (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars