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Description: | Bust portrait of Professor Robert Hamilton. Professor of Natural Philosophy at Marischal College, and later Professor of Mathematics wrote, 'Inquiry into the Rise Progress & Management of the National Debt (1813).
"Hamilton (1743-1829) became Professor of Natural Philosophy at Marischal College in 1779 but switched posts and became Mathematics Professor the following year. Although teaching Mathematics from 1880 the switch was not officially ratified until 1817. The painting likely commemorates his formal appointment. Peterhead based John Moir (1775-1857) was a portrait and occasional landscape painter. Studied in Edinburgh and Italy. He painted a number of portraits of the Gordon family including '4th Duke of Gordon' now in SNPG."
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: | 1790-1829 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Moir, John | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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