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Collection	ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Name	Painting (Robert Wilson)
	Picture
	Portrait
Object Number	ABDUA:30553
Other Number	x
Other Number Type	Old number
Brief Description	Oil painting, seated portrait of Robert Wilson wearing a Turkish costume, tucked into the waistband of this costume is a Persian dagger and sheath (ABDUA:63523). Scroll in left hand with list of Alexander's Conquests. Background shows the Ruins of Athens (?). Painted in Rome in 1824 when Wilson was 37 and private secretary to the Marquess of Hastings, Governor General of Malta.
Content Description	Wilson, Robert MD (1787-1871)
Dimensions	H: 1630 mm W: 1345 mm Th: \| H: 1275 mm W: 1000 mm
Materials	Oil on canvas
Associated Object Number	ABDUA:63523
Technique	Painting
Maker	Atkins
Object Production Date	1824-1824
Place Key	Europe, Italy, Rome
Field Collector	Wilson, Robert Dr
Inscription Content	Signed on back,
Publication Note	The Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF), 'Oil Paintings in Public Ownership - Aberdeen', 2013. LEMUR Database. Arnott (1897) Description,Nos 43, 113 Henry Hargreaves, 1970 Dr Robert Wilson, Aberdeen University Review, Vol. XLIII, 4, No 144, PP, 374-384, Autum 1970.
Aquisition Source	Wilson, Robert Dr

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