Sir George Reid
Professor William Robertson Smith, 1846 - 1894. Theologist and Semitic scholar
About this artwork
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artist:Sir George Reid (1841 - 1913) Scottish
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title:Professor William Robertson Smith, 1846 - 1894. Theologist and Semitic scholar
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date created:About 1894
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:34.50 x 29.80 cm; Framed: 43.80 x 39.10 x 6.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1909
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accession number:PG 680
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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...
