Henry Calderwood (1897)
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Photograph © The University of Edinburgh
Artist | Sir George Reid (Scottish b.1841, d.1913) |
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Title | Henry Calderwood |
Date | 1897 |
Period | 19th century; 1890s |
Description | Three-quarter length portrait. The beautifully balanced figure of the sitter is seen in profile in the act of jotting down some notes with a pencil held in the right hand poised over a notebook resting on the thigh. A restircted but pleasant palette of greys and browns. The portrait has a warm tonality because the brown of the ground shows through the thinly applied paint. The careful attention to the head is in contrast to the freely painted cloak flung over the back of the chair. The plain background wall is enlivened by the shadow of the sitter. One of the finest Victorian portraits in the collection, despite it being unfinished as a result of the death of the sitter in medias res. |
Material | canvas (textile material)/textile materials/materials (substances); oil paint (paint)/paint (coating) |
Dimensions | 109.22 x 91.44 cm |
Subject | FRSE Hon LLD Henry Calderwood (b.1830, d.1897) |
Collection | Art Collection |
Classification | oil paintings (visual works); paintings 1801-1900; portrait |
Signature | inscribed in the bottom left hand corner: 'R' |
Accession Number | EU0064 |