Key Information
Reference code
NMC/1829A
Title
Portrait of John Murdoch
Date(s)
- c1850 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 item
Content and Structure
Scope and content
Oil portrait, quarter length, of John Murdoch, a Master at Glasgow School of Art from 1848 until his death in 1854. Sitter is clean shaven, wearing a black bow tie and white winged collar shirt and dark jacket against a dark background. No visible signature of artist or identifying label on frame; donor believes that it may be a self portrait.
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Given to GSoA by Peter Lamberton of Sheffield, a member of the Murdoch family, in November 2017, along with a pencil self portrait of John Murdoch, NMC/1829B, and some family information from contemporary correspondence
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Physical Description
Oil on canvas in gilded wood and plaster frame
Dimensions: 950 x 850 x 70 mm (in frame)