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Description: | 68.5 x 56.0 x c.2.5 inscr in plate b "PAINTED BY J.GRAHAM GILBERT , R.S.A. James McClure & Son, Her Majesty's Publishers Glasgow, 1853 ENGRAVED BY JAMES FAED / and R.Griffen & Co. Glasgow Publishers to the University of Glasgow"; inscr in ink b. "Thomas Thomson" PUB McCLURE, James and Sons PUB R. Griffen & Co. AFTER after Graham-Gilbert, John; (Scottish; 1794-1866) CRE FAED, James; (Scottish; 1821-1911) The sitter was appointed Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Glasgow in 1817. Another engraving after a related half-length Graham-Gilbert portrait by C.Cook was published by William Mackenzie, Glasgow, Edinburgh and New York.There is a further three-quarter length oil by Graham-Gilbert, possibly of Thomson, of which a photo is in the files of the HAG. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS : MALE : UNIVERSITY : CHEMISTRY : SCOTTISH 19TH CENTURY : CONSTANTINE STORE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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