Thomas_Spencer_Baynes.jpg
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Summary
Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q1872615
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Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Description |
English:
A portrait of Thomas Spencer Baynes, done in 1888 by
Lowes Cato Dickinson
(1819 – 1908), a Victorian painter from London. It now hangs in the Senate Room of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Baynes was the chief editor of the celebrated 9th edition of the
Encyclopædia Britannica
, in which he was assisted after 1880 by William Robertson Smith. Baynes was the first English-born editor of the
Britannica
; all earlier editors were Scottish.
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Date |
1888
date QS:P571,+1888-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 121.3 cm (47.7 in); width: 93.9 cm (36.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,121.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,93.9U174728
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Collection | University of St Andrews | |||||||||||||||||
Accession number |
HC140
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Credit line | presented to Mrs Baynes by pupils and friends of the sitter; acquired, before 1958 | |||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Art UK |
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