Tin with beer given to dry old painter (9)
I believe the answer is:
canaletto
'painter' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'tin with beer given to dry old' is the wordplay.
'tin' becomes 'can' (synonyms).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'beer given' becomes 'ale' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to dry' becomes 'tt' (abbreviation for teetotal).
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation).
'can'+'ale'+'tt'+'o'='CANALETTO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for canaletto that I've seen before include "One who painted" , "C 18 Italian artist" , "Master of the canvas" , "Eighteenth century artist associated with Venice" , "old master?" .)