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Description: | 3/4 portrait of Neil Arnott, seated and facing forward, wearing a dark suit with white shirt and black cravat. Seated on red upholstered seat with books and writing set to his left on a dark green plain background.
"Arnott (1788-1874) was a physician and natural philosopher born in Arbroath. He graduated from Marischal College in 1805 and was a benefactor of all the Scottish universities giving them each £1000 to found Natural Philosophy scholarships. Partridge (1790-1872) little known but successful Glasgow born portrait painter. In 1845 appointed Portrait painter extraordinary to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and completed several royal commissions, one of which is in the collection (30163). Often a painter of the aristocracy Partridge was based in London for most of his working life."
Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541 | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1835-1874 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Partridge, John | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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