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The Alchemist

Oil Painting
1855 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Douglas, William Fettes (painter (artist))

Oil painting, 'The Alchemist', William Fettes Douglas, 1855

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Scotland
Object type
Oil painting
TitleThe Alchemist
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Oil Paint
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting, 'The Alchemist', William Fettes Douglas, 1855
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 130.7cm (Note: 1620 (H) x 1300(w) x 113 (D) Measurements taken in studio)
  • Approx. width: 100.3cm
  • Gilt frame height: 162cm
  • Gilt frame width: 129cm
  • Gilt frame depth: 9cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990 Gilt frame: 162 x 129 x 9 cm
Styles
British School
Victorian
Marks and inscriptions
'1855 [the Douglas crest of a heart, crossed swords, and a crown] fecit' (Signed and dated by the artist in red on box in centre foreground)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs Jane Clara Focchetti
Object history
Bequeathed by Mrs Jane Clara Focchetti, 1873
Subject depicted
Alchemist
Bibliographic references
  • Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 71-72
  • Notice in the Edinburgh Evening Courant, 3 March 1857, 2nd notice of the Royal Scottish Academy exhibition.
  • Notice in the Scotsman, 4 March 1857, 4th notice of the Royal Scottish Academy exhibition.
Other number
156 (Royal Scottish Academy, 1857) - Exhibition number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
67-1873

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Record createdApril 17, 2007
Record URL
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