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RefNoP/0017
LevelItem
TitlePortrait of Buchanan, George
ArtistPourbus, Frans
DescriptionHead and shoulders, full face. He was not a Fellow. He was born in 1506 and died in 1582; was a political writer and his many correspondents included Tycho Brahe
ObjectNamePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
Dimensions419 x 305 mm
NotesArtist is attributed
Robinson, Norman H and Forbes, Eric G 'The Royal Society catalogue of portraits' (London: Royal Society, 1980)
AccessStatusOpen
ProvenancePresented by Thomas Povey, 1696
RelatedMaterialColour transparency, Box N101. IM/000637
RelatedRecordIM/000637
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