Provost George Henry (1850-1853)
Artist
John Phillip
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1817 - 1867)
Date1845
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 91.4 cm, Width: 71.1 cm
Frame: Height: 120.3 cm, Width: 100.4 cm
Frame: Height: 120.3 cm, Width: 100.4 cm
AcquisitionBequeathed in 1926 by the Rev. Dr James Shepherd.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDCC001015
About MeGeorge Henry was born in Aberdeen in 1784. He was educated at Robert Gordon's Hospital (later Robert Gordon’s College). He first learned the trade of a weaver, which he abandoned to enter the firm of Hugh Gordon & Co., better known as "The Copper Company", of which he became senior partner. Another portrait of the sitter, by John Mitchell painted for the Weaver Incorporation in 1851, now hangs in the Incorporated Trades Hall. Henry never married and died in 1867.
More About Me
Henry was Aberdeen's Lord Provost 1850-53. He'd been apprenticed as a weaver, but became a successful businessman
Sir John Baptist Medina
c.1681
