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Description: | 1/2 portrait of William Urquhart, facing, in ovate surround and brown background. Long grey periwig, white open-neck shirt, red jacket (gold embroidery), green cloak over left shoulder. Portrait lit from left. One of a series of portraits painted by Whyt of Dunbar, George Keith, who painted for Marischal College upon their graduation.
"Painted for Marischal College in 1715 at a cost of £25.16/- Scots when Urquhart was a magistrand at the college. One of four near contemporary portraits which may have been commissioned to promote the college by celebrating and advertising the attendance of the sons of the nobility at Marischal. See also ABDUA: 30050, 30086 & 30068."
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 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Whyt, Charles | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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