Editing Alexander Runciman (section)

{{Short description|British artist (1736–1785)}}
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| caption       = Alexander Runciman (self-portrait c.1785)
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| birth_place   = [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]
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| death_place   = [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]
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'''Alexander Runciman''' (15 August 1736 – 4 October 1785) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] painter of historical and mythological subjects. He was the elder brother of [[John Runciman]], also a painter.
[[File:Alexander Runciman - Robert Fergusson, 1750 - 1774. Poet - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|[[Robert Fergusson]] by Alexander Runciman]]
[[File:Runciman, Agrippina with the Ashes of Germanicus.jpg|thumb|200px|''Agrippina with the Ashes of Germanicus'', circa 1773, [[Tate Gallery]]]]