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Description: | Oak panel with bust portrait of William Johnston wearing large ruff, with pink flower behind right ear. He has a beard and ginger hair. Johnston was an MA and Prof of Mathematics in 1633. Took receipt of William Jamesone's (George Jamesone's brother) mathematical instruments and books in the terms of Jamesone's will.
"Professor William Johnston (d.1640) was the first Professor of Mathematics at Marischal College in 1626 and was the younger brother of Arthur Johnston see 30091. George Jamesone (1590-1644) was a native of Aberdeen and Scotland's first known painter of real merit. Traditionally he is said to have trained in Antwerp, and his work has strong affinities with the Low Countries."
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: | 1626-1626 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Jamesone, George | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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