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The portrait has a warm tonality thanks to the brown of the ground showing through the thinly applied paint. The careful attention to the head is in contrast to the freely painted cloak flung over the back of the chair. The plain background wall is enlivened by the shadow of the sitter. One of the finest Victorian portraits in the collection, despite it being unfinished as a result of the death of the sitter in medias res.
University of Edinburgh
George Square
Title
Henry Calderwood (1830–1897)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 109 x W 90 cm
Accession number
EU0064
Acquisition method
purchased from Mrs B. Woolrych, 1958
Work type
Painting
University of Edinburgh
George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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