James Archer RSA (1823-1904) - Courtship
Oil on Canvas
Signed Monogram Engraved
14x10 Inches
 
James Archer R.S.A.
 
James Archer, R.S.A., was born in Edinburgh in 1823. He was educated at the High School, and, having a decided taste for Art, became a student of the Board of Trustees’ School of Design. His first exhibit in the Royal Scottish Academy  was in 1812, “The Child John in the Wilderness.” From that year he was a frequent and liberal contributor to the Annual Exhibition till 1867, when, following his removal to London, his contributions became less frequent. In 1884 he visited the United States, and two years later went to India. After three years’ residence there he returned to London in 1889.
 
He was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1850 and attained the rank of Academician in 1858. In April 1900 he was appointed by the Academy its Representative Trustee of the British Institution Scholarship Fund in room of the late W. E. Lockhart, R.S.A.
 
He died near Hazlemere, Surrey in 1904.