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Description: | Ovate 'cameo' bust portrait of Robert Paterson, wigged, wearing black gown. Paterson was the eighth Principal of Marischal.
"Paterson (d.1717) was 8th Principal of Marischal College in 1678 and the driving force behind a major restoration and rebuilding programme in the early eighteenth century. Paterson was responsible for the creation of a decorated heraldic ceiling in the college. Charles Whyt (fl.1688-1720) was a burgess painter of Aberdeen (made guild burgess 1688). He worked frequently for Marischal College and occasionally for King's College from 1698 to 1707 employed in a variety of craft related activities."
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: | 1710-1710 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Whyt, Charles or White | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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