Name authority Authority records for linking authors, manufacturers etc. with their works Surname Macnee Forename(s) Daniel Birth Date 1806 Death Date 1882 Name prefix/title Sir Occupation Artist Biographical Text MacNee was born on the 4th June 1806 in Fintry, Stirlingshire, and died in Edinburgh on the 17th January 1882. When he turned thirteen he was apprenticed to the landscape artist John Knox, and afterwards worked for a year as a lithographer. He was later employed by a company in Cumnock, Ayrshire, to paint the ornamental lids of snuff-boxes. He studied in Edinburgh at the Trustees' Academy under William Allan, where he supported himself by illustrating publications for the engraver William Home Lizars, and finally moved to Glasgow where he established himself as a successful portrait painter. In 1829 he was admitted as a member of the Royal Scottish Academy; and on the death of Sir George Harvey in 1876 he was elected president, and was knighted. Several of Macnee's works are held by the National Portrait Gallery in London and at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MacNee; Sir; Daniel (1806-1882); Artist, RA Relation A related resource <a href="https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/497">Portrait of James Wilson 1783-1854 </a><br /><a href="https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/496">Portrait of James Watson MD 1787-1871, President 1838-41, 1849-52, 1857-60 </a><br /><a href="https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/340">Portrait of John Balmanno MD President 1802-1804, 1812-1814</a><br /><a href="https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/379">Portrait of John Gibson Fleming 1809-1879</a><br /><span><a href="https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/348">Portrait of Alexander Dunlop Anderson MD 1797-1871, President 1852-1855<br /></a><a href="https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/463">Portrait of Sir Robert Perry 1783-1848</a></span>