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  1. 1756-1823. Scottish portrait painter, active
  2. mainly in Edinburgh. He developed a technique
  3. of painting with broad brushstrokes directly
  4. on the canvas without preparatory drawing. He
  5. was appointed painter to George IV 1823. The
  6. Reverend Robert Walker Skating c. 1784
  7. (National Gallery, Edinburgh) 1784 is
  8. typical.
  9.