The_MacDonald_boys_playing_golf.jpg

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English: The MacDonald boys playing golf , by William Mosman probably, but sometimes attributed to Jeremiah Davison

Date

21 May 2014 12:14:42; original: 1740s (sometimes said to be 1749 in particular, but this is not possible if Davison was the artist, and it is unclear where this specific date came from).

Source

Scanned from F. Maclean, Highlanders: A History of the Highland Clans , 1995; ultimately from from National Galleries of Scotland

Author

Attributed to William Mosman (1700–1771)
Description	Scottish painter
Date of birth/death	1700	26 November 1771
Location of birth/death	Aberdeen	Aberdeen
Authority file	: Q4020109 VIAF : 13221969 ISNI : 000000007867409X ULAN : 500053590 GND : 123638607 RKD : 339772

Attributed to Jeremiah Davison (1695–1745)
Alternative names	Jeremiah Davidson; Davison; Davidson
Description	painter, visual artist, portraitist and illustrator
Date of birth/death	1695	December 1745 / 1745
Location of birth/death	London	London
Work location	London (1695–1736); Edinburgh (1736–1744); London (1744–1745)
Authority file	: Q16829007 VIAF : 95735326 ISNI : 0000000070042725 ULAN : 500008881 LCCN : no2017059115 Oxford Dict. : 7302 WorldCat

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