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RefNoIM/000636
LevelItem
TitleBuchanan, George
ArtistRathom
Datend
DescriptionHead and shoulders. Engraved by Rathom from a portrait at St Andrew's University, originally in the possession of Earl Buchan (see comments in 'The Skull and portraits of George Buchanan' by Karl Pearson, 1926, p 19 and plate XV (medicine)
ObjectNameEngraving
MaterialsBlack and white engraving
Dimensions350 x 280 mm
NotesNot FRS. He was born in 1506 and died in 1582; was a political writer and his many correspondents included Tycho Brahe
AccessStatusOpen
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