Self Portrait
Artist
Joseph Farquharson
(Edinburgh, Scotland, 1846 - 1935)
Date1882
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 34.5 cm, Width: 29.7 cm
Frame: Height: 113.5 cm, Width: 67.3 cm
Frame: Height: 113.5 cm, Width: 67.3 cm
AcquisitionAlexander Macdonald Bequest, 1901.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationOn Display - Gallery 01
Object numberABDAG002353
About MeThis is one of the ninety artists' portraits that were commissioned by the Aberdeen granite merchant and collector of art Alexander MacDonald.Sporting a Tam O'Shanter, worn at a jaunty angle, Farquharson portrays himself as an achetypal Scot.
More About Me
Looking at this, it is easy to see why Farquharson was sometimes called, "The Painting Laird".
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