Richard Waitt (24 January 1684 - 1732) was a Scottish painter.

Life

His parents were Thomas Waitt (born c. 1665) from Scotland; and Marie Birrell (born c. 1670) from Scotland. Richard Waitt was born on 24 January 1684 in Canongate, Edinburgh. He married Margaret Friebairn on 24 April 1707 in Edinburgh.The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.

Art

Waitt was taught by

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, and started out as a decorative painter focusing mainly on

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. He was active from c. 1708 and died in 1732. File:Richard Waitt (d.1732) - Reverend Ralph Erskine (1685–1752), Secession Leader and Poet - PG 1239 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg, Rev. Ralph Erskine, painted 1712 File:Kenneth-sutherland-3rd-lord-duffus-d-1734-jacobite.jpg, Kenneth Sutherland, 3rd Lord Duffus, painted c. 1712 File:GrantPiper.JPG, William Cummimg,

piper, painted 1714 File:Archibald Grant of Monymusk, Royal Company of Archers, 1715 by Waitt.jpg, Young Archibald Grant of Monymusk in

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uniform, painted 1715 File:Richard Waitt (d.1732) - Still Life - NG 2366 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg, Still life, painted 1724 File:Richard Waitt (d.1732) - Andrew Macpherson of Cluny (1640–1666), 15th Chief - PG 1546 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg, Andrew Macpherson of Cluny, 15th Chief, painted c. 1725 File:Richard Waitt - The Cromartie Fool - Google Art Project.jpg, ''The

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Fool'', painted 1731

References

1732 deaths 18th-century Scottish painters 18th-century Scottish male artists Scottish male painters 1684 births {{Scotland-painter-stub