The Sapient Septemviri: Professors of King's College, Aberdeen

1786
Not on view

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  • Title: The Sapient Septemviri: Professors of King's College, Aberdeen
  • Artist: John Kay (British, Dalkeith, Scotland 1742–1826 Edinburgh)
  • Artist: After Mr. Ross (British, Aberdeen, Scotland, active 1786)
  • Subject: Rev. Skene Ogilvy (British, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1755–1831 London)
  • Subject: Rev. Alexander Gerard (British, Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1728–1795)
  • Subject: Rev. Roderick McLeod (British, Talisker, Skye, Scotland, 1728–1815 Aberdeen)
  • Subject: Professor John Leslie (British, Haddington, Scotland 1727–1790 Aberdeen)
  • Subject: Rev. John Chalmers (British (Scottish), 1712–1800)
  • Subject: Professor Thomas Gordon (British (Scottish), 1714–1847)
  • Subject: Dr. William Thom (British (Scottish), died 1795)
  • Subject: Dr. William Chalmers (British (Scottish), 1746–1792)
  • Date: 1786
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: sheet: 5 13/16 x 7 1/4 in. (14.7 x 18.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
  • Object Number: 33.30(70)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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