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James Cowan Smith

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Callum by John Emms

Callum by John Emms

• ... that as a condition of a bequest from James Cowan Smith the Scottish National Gallery must permanently display a portrait of his dog Callum (pictured)? "But it came with a condition that a portrait of his dog be put on permanent display." (BBC News)
  • ALT1:... that a bequest from James Cowan Smith allowed the Scottish National Gallery to purchase more than 40 items, including works by J. M. W. Turner and John Constable? "That request has been met by the Edinburgh gallery and the bequest of more than £52,000 - reckoned to be worth more than £2m today - has funded the purchase of more than 40 paintings, drawings and prints for the national collection. It includes works by JMW Turner, Francisco Goya, John Constable, Peter Paul Rubens, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, John Singer Sargent and Diego Velazquez." (BBC News)

• Reviewed: William Barnes (entomologist)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 08:52, 7 June 2019 (UTC).

• Reviewing. Moved from user space 7 June, no copyvio issues, interesting and nice hook. Looking forward to completing this one soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 09:34, 7 June 2019 (UTC)