| Artist | Luigi Schiavonetti (Italian b.1765, d.1810) LC |
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| Title | James Anderson (1738-1809), FRSE. Physician General to the East India Company; botanist |
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| Date | Circa 1795 |
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| Description | Born at Long Hermiston, Midlothian, Anderson studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was company surgeon for the East India Company from 1786 and physician-general in Madras from 1800. Whilst in Madras Anderson attempted to breed an insect resembling the cochineal and also tried to introduce the cultivation of silk. |
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| Subject | James Anderson (b.1739, d.1808); Medicine; Portraits |
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| Collection | Art Collection; Thomson-Walker |
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| Accession Number | EU4463 |
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