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Description: | 1/2 portrait of General Gordon, facing right, with sandy hair, and right hand at breast. Wearing black officer's uniform with braided high collar, cuffs and breast.
"George (1770-1836), Marquis of Huntly and fifth and last Duke of Gordon joined the army in 1790 and served from 1794 in the Gordon Highlanders founded in that year by his father. Gordon was promoted Brigadier-General in 1798, Major-General in 1801 and full General in 1819. 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 the founder of the Gordon Highlanders 'Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon' now in SNPG. See also ABDUA: 31454."
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: | 1817 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Moir, J | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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