Sir George Chalmers,

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, a native of Edinburgh and a pupil of

Allan Ramsay Allan Ramsay may refer to: *Allan Ramsay (poet) or Allan Ramsay the Elder (1686–1758), Scottish poet *Allan Ramsay (artist) or Allan Ramsay the Younger (1713–1784), Scottish portrait painter *Allan Ramsay (diplomat) (1937–2022), British diplom ...

, exhibited portraits at the

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from 1776 to 1790. Chalmers, born in Edinburgh, studied in London under Allan Ramsay, son of Allan Ramsay the poet, and later under masters in Italy. His family lost their estates owing to sympathy with the Jacobite cause. He practiced his profession as an artist first in Hull, and afterwards in London, with frequent travels to the Continent. In 1755 he painted at Menorca Edward Cornwallis and the distinguished General William Blakeney, then commanding at Menorca. He died in London in 1791. He was buried in

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Churchyard on 15 November 1791 next to his wife Dame Isabella Chalmers who had died in 1784.The Environs of London: Pancras (1795) His grave was lost and is not listed on the

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within the churchyard to important graves lost.

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Attribution: * Year of birth unknown 1791 deaths 18th-century Scottish painters 18th-century Scottish male artists Scottish male painters Artists from Edinburgh {{Scotland-painter-stub