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Description: | 3/4 portrait of Alexander Bain, seated facing left, wearing a LLd gown black suit and tie. He has a grey beard and is near bald. He holds a book in his left hand which is resting on his knees. The right hand is resting on chair arm. This portrait has a plain brown background. Painting exhibited RSA 1883. Label for Lyall framers and gilders dated 1885 back. Bain Professor Logic (1860-80) Rector (1881-7)
" Alexander Bain graduated from Marischal College in 1840. In 1860 he became the first Professor of Logic at the newly unified University of Aberdeen. He held the post until 1880 becoming Rector of the University in 1881 and 1884. The painting, presented by Dr Bain's friends and former pupils in 1882, was exhibited in the RSA in 1883. George Reid, (1841-1913) trained in Edinburgh, in Holland studying with G.A. Mollinger and J. Israels, and in Paris. Initially a landscape painter he increasingly worked as a portraitist. He is closely associated with John Forbes White, the Aberdeen patron and collector."
Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541
Acquisition source: Former students and friends | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1882 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Reid George W Sir RSA | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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