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Description: | Near full portrait of Bishop Gilbert Burnet wearing Knight Garter robe and Chain, with large, heavy tassels hanging from neck and cloak. Sitter has long brown hair, and is seated on heavily brocaded blue and gold chair, with the right cushion bearing Royal Arms. Square pillaster at rear. Inscription along top of painting. Copy of a work by Kneller or a post mortem work.
"Burnet (1643-1715), a graduate of Marischal College in 1657, was chaplain to William of Orange and accompanied at his arrival in England in 1688. In 1711 he funded bursaries in Arts and Divinity at Marischal. The portrait commission by Marischal was part of the College's attempt to distance itself from its Jacobite heritage after the defeat of 1715 and ingratiate itself with the Hanoverian dynasty. McIlwraith (fl1715-53) was an English painter resident in Edinburgh in the first half of the Eighteenth century. He was commissioned by Marischal College to copy this work from an original by John Riley. Burnet is shown in the robes of the Order of the Garter and wearing the chain of that order. He has the Garter insignia on the purse lower right. In addition elements of his apparel relate to his status as Bishop, notably the hanging band collar and the large tassels."
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: | 1723-1723 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | McIlvraith, Andrew (?) | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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