James Thomson

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Poet. The son of a Scottish minister and educated at Edinburgh University, Thomson came to London in 1725 where he met Arbuthnot, Gay and Pope and wrote Winter, the first of his celebrated and influential Seasons which appeared from 1726 to 1730. His later work includes his long patriotic poem 'Liberty' and the masque Alfred, containing 'Rule Britannia'. An early copy of a lost original of circa 1746.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

James Thomson

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm

Accession number

11

Acquisition method

Given by the sitter's grand niece, Miss Elizabeth Bell, 1857

Work type

Painting

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