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Description: | The portrait collection was established in 1765, with the gift of a portrait of alumnus David Steuart Erskine, Lord Cardross, later 11th Earl of Buchan (founder of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland), after Sir Joshua Reynolds. It grew steadily throughout the ensuing centuries and encompasses images, mainly oils, of University Chancellors, Principals, Professors, Rectors, alumni and benefactors, many of whom are recognised figures in the social, cultural, intellectual, scientific or political development of Scotland e.g. Samuel Rutherford (Scottish Presbyterian theologian and author), James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose (Captain General of Charles I's forces in Scotland during the Civil War), Andrew Carnegie (entrepreneur and philanthropist), John Patrick Crichton Stuart, 3rd Marquis of Bute, Adam Ferguson (philosopher), John Fleming (the geologist and zoologist), John Stuart Mill (economist) and Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson (eminent natural historian).
Particular highlights of the portrait collection include: Francis Nicoll (Principal of the United College 1819-35) by Sir Henry Raeburn, 1814; Archbishop James Sharp (Chancellor 1661-79) by Sir Peter Lely, c. 1666; Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (Chancellor, 1814-51), by David Wilkie, 1831; Francis Pringle (Professor of Greek, 1702-47), attrib. William Aikman, c. 1712-23; and George Buchanan (Principal of St Leonard's College 1566-70), by or after Arnold van Brounckhorst, 1580. There are four portraits by David Martin: Reverend David Craigie (1755), Chancellor Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull (mid 18th century), Principal James Playfair (c.1797) and Professor Walter Wilson (1755). There are five works by or attributed to Sir John Watson Gordon: Professor Robert Briggs (c.1820s/30s), Professor James Frederick Ferrier (c.1863), Principal Robert Haldane (c.1841), Principal George Hill (first half of 19th century) and Principal John Hunter (1826). Other artists represented include Thomas Duncan, Robert Herdman, Sir George Reid, John H Lorimer, Sir James Guthrie, George Fiddes Watt, Beatrice Huntingdon, Alberto Morrocco and Stephen Campbell. As such, the collection reflects the history and development of Scottish portraiture. | Subjects: | Paintings fine art Portraits | Source: | University of St Andrews | Address: | KY16 9AJ | Creator: | University of St Andrews. | Contributor: | University of St Andrews | Identifier: | HC:C2 | Language: | en-GB | Relation: | MC:C48 |
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