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Portrait of Sir Daniel Macnee, PRSA

Artist: Archer, James A., RSA · 1822-1904

RSA Annual Report of 1877, page 10, notice XI states that the portrait was 'painted expressly for presentation to the Academy, a gift/ much prized for its intrinsic value as a work of art, and/ still more as a likeness of the much - esteemed President of/ the Academy"

Object data

Date	1876
Accession	1992.435
Type	Painting
Materials	Support canvas Medium Paint, oil
Dimensions	Overall 127.5cm x 94cm
Acquisition	Gift Archer, James A., RSA

Exhibitions

Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, the Fifty - First Annual Exhibition, 1877

Dates: Feb 17, 1877 - May 12, 1877

Venue: Royal Scottish Academy Galleries (N.G.S)

Location: Edinburgh

Old Glasgow, an Exhibition to Illustrate the History, Progress, and Life of, Glasgow, from the Earliest Times to About the Middle of the Century

Dates: Jul 11, 1894 - Oct 15, 1894

Venue: McLellan Galleries

Location: Glasgow
Sitters
Macnee, Daniel, Sir, PPRSA RSA

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