- Title:
- Self Portrait
- Collection:
- Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums
- Accession date:
- 1901
- Acquisition method:
- Bequest
- Associated concept:
- Paintings And Drawings
- Associated date:
- 1882
- Associated person:
- John Callcott Horsley
- Credit line:
- Alexander Macdonald Bequest, 1901.
- Current location:
- On Display - Gallery 01
- Dimension:
- Overall: Height: 34.5 cm, Width: 29.7 cm Frame: Height: 113.5 cm, Width: 67.3 cm
- Inscription content:
- J.C. Horsley 1882
- Inscription position:
- Lower Left
- Inscription type:
- Signed And Dated
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Object number:
- ABDAG002800
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1882
- Date - latest:
- 1882
- Object status:
- Accessioned object
- Responsible department/section:
- Fine Art
- Right type:
- Out of copyright - CC0
- Text:
- The sitter John Callcott Horsley, who was the brother-in-law of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is perhaps best known for the fact that he designed the Worlds first commercial Christmas card for his friend Henry Cole, founder of the Victoria & Albert Museum. One thousand copies were published by Joseph Cundall, the mid 19th century children’s and illustrations publisher, and sold at Felix Summerly’s Home Treasury Office in Old Bond Street, England for one shilling each in 1843. He was a friend of Alexander Macdonald who commissioned this painting and two other artists' portraits from Horsley as well as a subject painting, 'The Pet of the Common', all of which were also bequeathed to Aberdeen Art Gallery.
- Text reference number:
- https://emuseum.aberdeencity.gov.uk/objects/2335
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/368ac7a1-73fd-3a01-b8ef-2e54594846f1
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/368ac7a1-73fd-3a01-b8ef-2e54594846f1, Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums, CC 0
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