Robert Bald Esqr.
Print
October 1856 (published)
October 1856 (published)
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Three-quarter-length, seated with legs crossed, turned slightly to left and looking to front. The sitter is holding a paper between his two hands, and in the left background is a miner's lamp.
Object details
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| Title | Robert Bald Esqr. (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Stipple engraving on paper |
| Brief description | Three-quarter-length portrait of Robert Bald, mining engineer, seated. Stipple engraving by Thomas Dick after James Watson Gordon, 1856. |
| Physical description | Three-quarter-length, seated with legs crossed, turned slightly to left and looking to front. The sitter is holding a paper between his two hands, and in the left background is a miner's lamp. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Painted by J. W. Gordon Esqr. R.S.A. A.R.A. Published by Hugh Paton, Carver & Gilder to the Queen, Edinburgh, October 1856. Engraved by Thomas Dick, Edinburgh. Published by A. M. Glashon (sic) Robert Bald Esqr. Mining, Engineer, F.R.S.E. &c. &c.' (Lettered)
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| Production | Attribution note: India proof |
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| Accession number | 22959 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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