FDA-E.1290-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1290-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Alexander Adam
Title Type
assigned by artist
Other number
SW 34
Description
Content (person)
Adam, Alexander, 1741 - 1809 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 510mm
width (actual size): 418mm
width (actual size): 418mm
Inscription
Lettered 'Alexander Adam L.L.D. Rector of the High School of Edinburgh. Author of Roman Antiquities &c. &c. Dedicated by permission to the Gentlemen who have placed his Portrait in the High School, as a public testimony of their esteem and regard, by their most obt. humble servant, Alexander Thompson, carver, Coltenhill, Edinburgh.'
Physical description
Cut to size
Production
Person
Raeburn, Henry (Sir), 1756 - 1823 (Source artist)
Turner, Charles, 1774 - 1857 (Engraver)
Thompson, Alexander (Publisher)
Turner, Charles, 1774 - 1857 (Engraver)
Thompson, Alexander (Publisher)
Date
14/11/1806
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of George Warren Swire (1883-1949); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
References
• O'Donoghue, F., Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol.I, The British Museum, 1912 (p. 10)
