Sir George Reid
Professor Peter Guthrie Tait, 1831 - 1901. Professor of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh University
About this artwork
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artist:Sir George Reid (1841 - 1913) Scottish
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title:Professor Peter Guthrie Tait, 1831 - 1901. Professor of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh University
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date created:About 1883
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:94.60 x 66.70 cm
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credit line:Given by the artist 1902
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accession number:PG 600
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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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...