After Killiecrankie . RSA Diploma Collection
Elected ARSA: 14 November 1888
Elected RSA: 09 February 1898
George Ogilvy Reid RSA was born in Leith in 1851. He began his career as an engraver, but painting calmed him from early years. His subjects covered a wide ground, his best-known works dealing with Jacobite and earlier periods.
In 1891 Reid was commissioned by H. M. Queen Victoria to paint the baptismal service of the young Prince of Battenburg at Balmoral and the studies he then made were bequeathed by him to the Academy. He was a loyal and devoted member of the Royal Scottish Academy, respected for his integrity.
