Andrew Lang, 1844 - 1912. Poet and writer
The oil painting titled Andrew Lang, 1844 - 1912. Poet and writer captures a man of many disciplines. Created by the artist William Blake Richmond in 1885, the work presents the Scottish subject in a moment of quietude. Lang was a figure of vast intellectual reach, moving between the roles of poet, art critic, and historian. He also functioned as a translator of Homer and an anthropologist, his mind a…








