Allan, Sir William, a distinguished Scottish historical painter, born at Edinburgh, many of his paintings being on national subjects; he was a friend of Scott, who patronised his work, and in succession to Wilkie, president of the Royal Scottish Academy; painted “Circassian Captives” and “Slave-Market at Constantinople” (1782‒1850).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Allan, David * Allantois