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Thomas Faed

?–1900

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WikidataQ1348848

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Birth yearWikidata· 92%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
NationalityWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

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Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/40960
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Thomas Faed RSA (1825–1900) was a Scottish painter who is said to have done for Scottish art what Robert Burns did for Scottish song.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (29)

support: 955 x 767 mm

support: 673 x 552 mm frame: 1023 x 892 x 116 mm

Tate

His Only Pair

1860 · oil paint

Sunday in the Backwoods of Canada

1859 · oil paint

The Listener Ne'er Hears Gude o' Himsel

Home and the Homeless

Robert Burns and Highland Mary

1852 · oil paint

Alexander Dennistoun of Golfhill (1790–1874), and Family

1851 · oil paint

The Visit of the Patron and Patroness to the Village School

1851

Three Children Playing in a Wood

Sir Walter Scott and his friends at Abbotsford

1849 · oil paint

Four Saints (St George, St Catherine, St Margaret and St Andrew) after designs by Alexander Christie and Silas Rice

1848 · oil paint

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29 published of 30 catalogued · 29 with image

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The Silken Gown
1862 · Tate · 6 prov
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Faults on Both Sides
1861 · Tate · 6 prov
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Old Woman Reading
1861 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Auld Robin Gray
1850 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Milkmaid
1865 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Sunday in the Backwoods of Canada
1859 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Sir Walter Scott and his friends at Abbotsford
1849 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Boy with a Hound
1850 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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A Seaside Toilet
1868 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Reaper
1863 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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