Description - Scottish National Portraits; Catalogue of Loan Exhibition by National Gallery of Scotland
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ...very excellently, after Tumer; d. 1882. Bust, to right; white hair; grey eyes; fresh complexion; black dress. (Can-vas, 293 x 24 in.) PROFESSOR THOMAS REID, D.D. Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. UN1vERs1TY or Gusoow. B. 1710 at Strachan; studied at Aberdeen for the Church; ordained to charge of New Machar, 1737; Prof. of Moral Phil., Aberdeen; "Enquiry into the Human Mind," 1764; suc. Adam Smith as Prof. of Logic, Glasgow, 1764; " Essay on Intellectual Powers," 1785; "On the Active Powers," 1788; d. 1796. Bust, to right; crimson cap; grey eyes; no hair seen; dark dress. (Canvas, 29 x 25 in.) REAR-ADMIRAL JOHN MAITLAND. Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. The Misses RAEBuRN. Eldest son of Colonel Richard Maitland, and grandson of the 6th Earl of Lauderdale; Rear-Admiral of the Red; married, 1st, Elizabeth, daughter of Archibald Ogilvie, 1799; 2nd, Dora, daughter of Colthurst Bateman; d. 1836. Full length, standi, to left; brown hair; blue eyes; naval uniform; ' ht hand extended to liig; left hand holds sword; background of sea andrsifiy. (Canvas, 92!; x 58 in.) WILLIAM MACDONALD. Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. T1-1E H1GHLAND AND AGR1CuLTuRAL Soc11tTy or ScOTLAND. Of St. Martins; b. 1732; principal Secy. of the Soc., 1784-1804; Treasurer, 1804, till death, 1814. Full length, seated to left; white hair; shaven face; dark blue eyes; dark dress; black chair; green carpet and table, on latter, books, papers, and red tape. (Canvas, 83 x 58 in.) DR JOHN MOORE. Sir Thomas Lawrence, R.A. JoHN CARR1cK MooRE, Esq. Physician and author; b. 1730, son of an Episc. clergyman at Stirling; studied at Glasgow; travelled on continent for several years; removed from Glasgow to London, 1778, and engaged in literary work; "View of Society...
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