Portrait of John Murdoch

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/1829A
• Dates of Creation:c1850
• Name of Creator:
  Not available / given
• Physical Description:
  1 item

• Scope and Content

  Oil portrait, quarter length, of John Murdoch, a Master at Glasgow School of Art from 1848 until his death in 1854.  Sitter is clean shaven, wearing a black bow tie and white winged collar shirt and dark jacket against a dark background. No visible signature of artist or identifying label on frame; donor believes that it may be a self portrait.

• Acquisition Information

  Given to GSoA by Peter Lamberton of Sheffield, a member of the Murdoch family, in November 2017, along with a pencil self portrait of John Murdoch, NMC/1829B, and some family information from contemporary correspondence

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Oil on canvas in gilded wood and plaster frame
  Dimensions: 950 x 850 x 70 mm (in frame)

• Related Material

  NMC/1829B, pencil sketch self portrait of John Murdoch.

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Portraits

  Paintings (visual works)

  Fine arts