Archibald Ramsay Douglas

Scottish miniature painter daughter of william douglas
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroScottish miniature painter daughter of william douglas
PlacesUnited Kingdom Scotland
wasPainter
Work fieldArts
Gender
Female
Birth23 April 1807, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death23 December 1886Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (aged 79 years)
Star signTaurus
Family
Father:William Douglas
The details

Biography

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 1887. She was the eldest of three children. Her father was the miniature painter in Scotland employed by Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

"the artist's father" by Archibald Douglas

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.

Douglas died in Edinburgh in 1886.

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