About this artwork
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artist:William Brodie (1815 - 1881) Scottish
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title:Professor John Stuart Blackie, 1809 - 1895. Scholar and poet
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date created:Executed about 1863
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materials:Plaster
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measurements:76.50 cm (height)
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object type:
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credit line:Given by Archibald Stodart Walker 1910
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accession number:PG 742
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William Brodie
William Brodie
William Brodie was the eldest son of a shipmaster and merchant seaman. He became a plumber but also took evening classes at the Mechanics’ Institute in Aberdeen which offered adult education for manual workers in art and science subjects. Brodie began experimenting with modelling small portraits in...