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Description: | 91.0 x 79.0 inscr v.new canvas "Alex Macfarlane / Founder of the Astronomical Museum / Glasgow 1756"; inscr. in pencil ne w stretcher "Van der Banck pinxit" CRE VANDERBANK, John; (c.1668-1739) A noted judge and plantation owner in Jamaica, the sitter erected there an observatory equipped with the best apparatus available at the time. In 1756 he bequeathed his astronomical instruments as well as a some of money to the University of Glasgow which were at the origin of the astronomy department's foundation. The astronomical instruments formed the core equipment of the MacFarlane Observatory on Dovehill, adjoining the site of the old university. | 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 : MACFARLANE : UNIVERSITY : BENEFACTOR : JUDGE : PLANTATION OWNER : JAMAICA : OBSERVATORY : ASTRONOMICAL MUSEUM : ASTRONOMY : : CAMPUS : PRINCIPAL LODGING : | 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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