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Alexander Walker, LLd
Alexander Walker, LLd

Alexander Walker, LLd

Artist (Dijon, France, 1837 - 1911)
Sitter
Date1880
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 54.9 cm, Width: 43.4 cm
Frame: Height: 85.2 cm, Width: 73.4 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1880 by the artist.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG002502
Keywords
About MeThis portrait of Alexander Walker, who was President of the Mechanics Institute in Aberdeen from 1878-1885, was painted in one hour, in the Song School, Aberdeen. The artist, Slade Professor Alphonse Legros, painted it before art scholars and 500 other members of the public in January, 1880. The event was described in 'Bon-Accord' (3 January 1880) an article accompanied with witty cartoons of artist, sitter and spectators.

The event was organised as a fundraiser for a proposed Art School, which was to open alongside Aberdeen Art Gallery five years later, in 1885.