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CollectionABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object NamePainting (King's College from the South East)
Picture
King's College
Object NumberABDUA:30668
Other Numberx
Other Number TypeOld number
Brief DescriptionLandscape view of King's from the South-East, showing 3 distinctive towers, the Crown Tower, the Round Tower and the Cromwell Tower. In foreground is a path, stream, flowers and trees, while to the East, College farm workers gather hay into stacks. Glazed.
Content DescriptionKing's College (from the South East)
DimensionsH: 565 mm W: 715 mm D: 70 mm | H: 295 mm W: 445 mm
MaterialsOil on canvas
Conditiongood
TechniquePainting
MakerCassie, James RSA RSW
Object Production Date1848-1848
Place KeyEurope, Scotland, North East, Aberdeen
Object History NoteThe object was displayed in the first exhibition ('100 Curiosities') at King's Museum which opened in April 2011.
Inscription ContentSigned bottom left: J,Cassie 1848 Nameplate: King's College 1848 James Cassie RSA RSW Label on reverse: Fine Art Society No, 10566 Feb, 1984 James Cassie RSA RSW 1819-1879 King's College, Old Aberdeen 1848
Publication NoteThe Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF), 'Oil Paintings in Public Ownership - Aberdeen', 2013. LEMUR Database.
Caption"Rural nature of Old Aberdeen emphasised by harvest going on in the foreground. Cassie (1819-1879) was largely self taught Aberdeen based painter elected to the RSA in 1869. A landscape painter and occasional portraitist, from the 1860's onwards he painted mainly seascapes and coastal views."

Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541
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