James Beattie, L.L.D.
Print
24/08/1775 (published)
24/08/1775 (published)
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| Place of origin |
Portrait, half-length, in doctor’s gown and bands, facing slightly left and holding a volume under left arm lettered 'Truth'. The sitter is shown on the right of the composition. To the left is an allegory, representing Truth suppresing the demons of Error: three shadowy figures cower as a winged female figure, holding scales, pushes them down with her right hand.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | James Beattie, L.L.D. (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint on paper |
| Brief description | Half-length portrait of James Beattie, LLD, with an allegory of Truth suppressing the Demons of Error. Mezzotint by James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1775. |
| Physical description | Portrait, half-length, in doctor’s gown and bands, facing slightly left and holding a volume under left arm lettered 'Truth'. The sitter is shown on the right of the composition. To the left is an allegory, representing Truth suppresing the demons of Error: three shadowy figures cower as a winged female figure, holding scales, pushes them down with her right hand. |
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| Style | |
| Copy number | 1st or 2nd state |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Sr. Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. James Watson fecit Published Augst. 24th. 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.' (Lettered with name of sitter and) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood |
| Historical context | The oil painting by Sir J. Reynolds is in the possession of Marischal College, Aberdeen University, and was No.304 in the Exhibition of British Portraits held at the Royal Academy, November 1956 to March 1957. (Stated in PDP Accessions 1959) |
| Production | Reynolds' original portrait was painted in 1774. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Associated object | 25768 (Version) |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.641-1959 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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