Which British artist is best known for his painting 'The Reverend Robert Walker Skating On Duddingston Loch'?
Edinburgh Skating Club and three, placed over each other on the ice. The favorite meeting place of club members was Duddingston Loch, near Edinburgh, Scotland. The principal object of the club was the practice of a form of choreographed group skating. The club also held an annual dinner where the standard dish served was "sheeps-heads and trotters", perhaps in deference to the local Sheep Heid Inn in Duddingston. Today the club is best known for its association with the painting The Skating Minister by Henry Raeburn, more formally titled "The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch". Edinburgh Skating Club The Edinburgh Skating
The Skating Minister in the world. The club met on Duddingston Loch as shown in the painting, or on Lochend loch to its northeast between Edinburgh and Leith, when these lochs were suitably frozen. The painting is unusual in both its composition and its setting. The subject matter, perhaps intentionally conveying Walker's ties with Holland, is reminiscent of seventeenth-century Dutch artworks, particularly those of Hendrick Avercamp. The Reverend skates in the efficient but difficult "travelling position", with both arms folded across his chest and his stern black outfit contrasts with the wild backdrop of Duddingston Loch. According to Andrew Graham-Dixon, "The pinkish grey