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Peter Wishart Esq. ARSA

Creator: Gamley, Henry Snell, RSA · 1865-1928

Portrait bust of the then newly elected Associate Member of the Royal Scottish Academy, the painter Peter Wishart. This is the last of a number of portrait busts of his fellow Academicians executed by Gamley which included; W Grant Stevenson RSA (exhib 1910), Fides Watt ARSA (exhib 191), David Alison (exhib 1913), John Geddie [HRSA](exhib 1921, 1923Diploma Deposit).

Object data

Date	c.1925 - c.1926
Accession	2008.065
Type	Sculpture Bronze
Materials	Support bronze
Dimensions	Maximum height 38.5cm Maximum width 23cm Maximum depth 17.5cm
Acquisition	Gift The Executrix of the late Peter Wishart ARSA (1932)

Exhibitions

Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, the One Hundredth Annual Exhibition, 1926

Dates: Apr 17, 1926 - Aug 28, 1926

Venue: Royal Scottish Academy

Location: Edinburgh
Sitters
Wishart, Peter, ARSA

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