Reflections on autobiography: David Wilkie’s Letter of Introduction

Study Days 2024: Forty Years of Art and Art History in Scotland, 1984-2024. Held in Edinburgh 1-2 March 2024.

This Curation is based on the Keynote presentation on David Wilkie’s Letter of Introduction by Professor Duncan Macmillan FRSA FRSE HRSA.

The SSAH Study Days 2024 is organised by The Scottish Society for Art History in partnership with Art UK, National Galleries Scotland and Visual Arts Scotland.

Artists featured in this Curation: David Wilkie (1785–1841)

8 artworks

Storyline Album Showcase

Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

The Letter of Introduction 1813

David Wilkie (1785–1841)

Oil on panel

H 61 x W 50.2 cm

National Galleries of Scotland

Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

Pitlessie Fair 1804

David Wilkie (1785–1841)

Oil on canvas

H 61.5 x W 110.5 cm

National Galleries of Scotland

Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

William Chalmers Bethune (1744–1807), his Wife Isobel Morison (1760–1850) and their Daughter Isabella Maxwell Morison (1795–1818) 1804

David Wilkie (1785–1841)

Oil on canvas

H 125.7 x W 102.9 cm

National Galleries of Scotland

Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

Distraining for Rent 1815

David Wilkie (1785–1841)

Oil on panel

H 81.3 x W 123 cm

National Galleries of Scotland

Image credit: Glasgow Life Museums

The Cottar's Saturday Night 1837

David Wilkie (1785–1841)

Oil on panel

H 83.8 x W 108 cm

Glasgow Life Museums

Image credit: Sudley House

The Jew's Harp 1808

David Wilkie (1785–1841)

Oil on panel

H 25.4 x W 20 cm

Sudley House

Image credit: Tate

A Woody Landscape 1822

David Wilkie (1785–1841)

Oil on mahogany

H 24.1 x W 24.1 cm

Tate

Image credit: Tate

The Blind Fiddler 1806

David Wilkie (1785–1841)

Oil on mahogany

H 57.8 x W 79.4 cm

Tate

David Wilkie (1785–1841)

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