Archibald Ramsay Douglas Explained

Archibald Ramsay Douglas
Birth Place:Edinburgh, Scotland
Death Place:Edinburgh
Known For:miniature painting
Parents:William Douglas
Nationality:Scottish
Citizenship:United Kingdom

Miss Archibald Ramsay Douglas (23 April 1807 – 23 December 1886) was a Scottish miniature painter. She was the daughter of William Douglas.

Life

Douglas was born in Edinburgh to William Douglas and his wife in 1807. She was the eldest of three children.[1] Her father was the miniature painter in Scotland employed by Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

Douglas was taught to paint by her father and opened studios in Hart Street in Edinburgh. Douglas exhibited four paintings at the Royal Academy in London and nine at the Royal Scottish Academy from 1834 to 1847.[2]

Douglas died in Edinburgh in 1886.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Daphne Foskett

    . Daphne Foskett. Daphne Foskett. Collecting Miniatures. 1979. Antique Collectors' Club. 978-0-902028-79-1. 219.

  2. V. Remington, ‘Douglas, William [W. D.] (1780–1832)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 2 Jan 2017