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Description: | 2/3 portrait of Sir William Fordyce, with right arm resting on chair and holding a scroll while left hand is spread. Body lounging, half turned and wearing red gown with fur trim, white shirt on a brown background. This portrait has been repaired and relined.
"Fordyce (1724-92) was educated at Marischal College and went on to become a highly regarded physician in London. He was knighted in 1782 and returned as Rector of Marischal in 1790. He founded a lectureship in Agricultural Chemistry at Marischal. The painting may be by Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807). Kauffman, a Swiss, studied in Rome and worked in London 1766-81 painting portraits in the manner of Reynolds."
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: | 1761-1781 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Kauffman, Angelica RA (?) | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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