Sir George Reid
Rev. Robert Rainy, 1826 - 1906. Principal of New College
About this artwork
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artist:Sir George Reid (1841 - 1913) Scottish
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title:Rev. Robert Rainy, 1826 - 1906. Principal of New College
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date created:About 1890
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:72.00 x 56.60 cm; Framed: 77.47 x 61.59 x 3.81 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Given by Mrs Margaret Marwood 1947
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accession number:PG 1485
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Sir George Reid
Sir George Reid
Reid was born in Aberdeen and worked first as a lithographer before moving to Edinburgh in 1862 to study at the Trustees' Academy. In 1866, supported by the Aberdeen collector, John Forbes White, he went to Holland to study under the landscape and genre painter, Gerrit Mollinger. He became a close...
