Nasmyth
Britishnoun
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Burns, who had died a few years earlier, had only ever agreed to sit for one artist, Alexander Nasmyth in 1787 and that painting became the template for every image.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
"There have been so many copies of the Nasmyth in auctions over the years. I have two or three myself," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
Now, Nasmyth knows that analogy is quite apt—and that cohesin also plays a huge role in organizing strands of genetic material.
From National Geographic • Dec. 3, 2017
Nasmyth has won lucrative awards before and channelled some of his winnings into Gregor Mendel’s former monastery in Brno.
From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2017
Portrait by Beugo after A. Nasmyth, and an original water-colour drawing by Uwins, representing the witches in the church in "Tam O' Shanter."
From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various
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