print;
frontispiece((?))
- Museum number
- 1980,1011.112
- Description
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Portrait of Professor John Wilson; short half-length seated to right, head turned and looking towards the viewer, right hand resting on his cane, left wrist lying across the other, wearing a dark coat and waistcoat over a white shirt with a dark cravat tied in a bow; after Gordon; with artists' names. 1885
Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1885
- Dimensions
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Height: 201 millimetres
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Width: 144 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- After a painting of 1852, engraved in 1885 and reproduced in Caw 'Scott Gallery' in 1903, according to R B Stocks's catalogue.
The format suggests that this is an illustration to a book, perhaps a frontispiece to an edition of Wilson's work.
An impression in the collection of Adrian Stocks was annotated "Professor Wilson/Christopher North", in a hand which was evidently the artist's.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1980
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1980,1011.112
