| Artist | Sir John Steell (Scottish b.1804, d.1891) |
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| Title | Edward Forbes |
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| Date | 1856 |
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| Period | 19th century; 1850s |
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| Description | White marble bust of Edward Forbes, Professor of Natural History (1854) at the University of Edinburgh. Forbes is depicted bare chested and without shoulders, clean-shaven and with long straight hair and a youthful face. |
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| Material | marble (rock)/metamorphic rock/rock (inorganic material)/inorganic material/materials (substances) |
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| Dimensions | 59 x 35.8 cm |
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| Subject | Prof Edward Forbes FRS, FGS (b.1815, d.1854) |
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| Collection | Art Collection |
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| Classification | academics (people); men (male humans); naturalists; portrait; sculpture; bust; marble; sculpture 1901-2000; professors (teachers); University History; geologists; sculpture; sculpture; sculpture; sculpture; University History |
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| Signature | Engraved name of sitter on front and other inscription on side. |
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| Accession Number | EU0348 |
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