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South Shields Museum and Art Gallery
South Shields
Title
Solomon Sutherland
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 84.2 x W 71.5 cm
Accession number
TWCMS : G7252
Acquisition method
purchased from the artist, 1876
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Solomon Sutherland,//Placed in the So. Shields Free Library Novr. 4th, 1876,//by the Subscribers//ptd. by Jas. Shotton.; Solomon Sutherland//LATE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH SHIELDS WORKING MENS INSTITUTE. (1849-1869)//PRESENTED TO THE FREE LIBRARY ON BEHALF OF THE SUBSCRIBERS BY//Joseph Cowen Esq M. P. Newcastle,//4TH NOVEMBER 1876.//IN HIGH APPRECIATION OF MR. SUTHERLANDS LABOURS FOR THE EXTENSION//OF POPULAR EDUCATION AND OF HIS INTELLECTUAL POWERS AND MORAL WORTH'. By public subscription, from th