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Collection	ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Name	Print (Reading of the Will)
	Picture
	Genre scene
Object Number	ABDUA:31140
Other Number	x
Other Number Type	Old number
Brief Description	'Reading of the Will'. A black and white engraving of a domestic interior with a woman bursting in through the door into a crowded room where a bewigged gentleman wearing spectacles is reading from a Last Will and Testament to a crowd of people, with treasures sit on the floor. An engraving by John Burnett from a painting by David Wilkie, this print was published on the 1st of June 1825 by Hurst Robinson Co Printsellers to His Majesty. 90 Cheapside and 8 Pall Mall. One of several pictures gifted to the Elphinstone Institute by Murison, August 1997
Content Description	Reading of the Will
Dimensions	H: 620 mm W: 840 mm TH; 25 mm \| H: 395 mm W: 600 mm
Materials	Ink Paper
Condition	Good
Completeness	Complete
Completeness Note	Framed and glazed
Technique	Engraving, printing
Maker	Wilkie, David RA and Burnett, John
Object Production Date	1825
Place Key	Europe, Scotland,
Inscription Content	Left centre: David Wilkie Right centre: John Burnett
Publication Note	LEMUR Database
Caption	"Painted in 1820 for the King of Bavaria and now in the Alte Pinakotech in Munich. The subject matter possibly derives from a scene in Walter Scott's 'Guy Mannering' of 1815. John Burnet (1784-1868) was a painter and engraver who produced several plates after Wilkie." Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541
Aquisition Source	Murison of Fraserburgh

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