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Description: | 3/4 portrait of John Cruickshank, seated and near facing, with receding grey hair and long grey side-whiskers. Holding spectacles in right hand, while left hand holds a green book, wearing an academic gown, black suit (round lapel), white Beau Brummel shirt and wide black cravat. Left is a table with papers and books, seated on red patterned upholstered seat on a plain brown background.
"Cruikshank was Professor of Mathematics at Marischal College 1817-60. The former library at Marischal contains a stained glass window by Douglas Strachan in memory of Cruikshank. Watson Gordon (1788-1864) trained at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh and initially painted in the manner of Raeburn. This late work is an example of his more personal, less broad manner."
Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541
Acquisition source: Pupils and friends | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1861-1861 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Gordon, John Watson RA PRSA | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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