Collections

Portrait of Sir John Watson Gordon PRSA

Artist: Gordon, John Watson, Sir, PPRSA RA RSA · 1788-1864

Object data

Date	1848
Accession	1994.381
Materials	Support canvas
Dimensions	Frame 91.6cm x 71.2cm 117.8cm x 97.5cm
Medium	Paint, oil

Exhibitions

The Royal Scottish Academy 150th Anniversary Exhibition, 1826 - 1976

Dates: Aug 21, 1976 - Sep 19, 1976

Venue: Royal Scottish Academy

Location: Edinburgh

Exhibition of Scottish Art, 1939

Dates: Jan 6, 1939 - Mar 11, 1939

Venue: Burlington House

Location: London

Inaugural Loan Exhibition of Pictures mainly by Deceased Artists of the British, French, and Dutch Schools

Dates: Jun 27, 1925 - Sep 20, 1925

Venue: Kirkcaldy Museum & Art Gallery

Location: Kirkcaldy

Retrospective Exhibition of British Paintings

Dates: Jan 10, 1925 - Feb 28, 1925

Venue: Central Art Galleries

Location: New York

British Empire Exhibition

Dates: Apr 23, 1924 - Oct 31, 1924

Venue: Wembley

Location: London

British Art 1830 to 1850

Dates: Jun 23, 1920 - Jul 31, 1920

Venue: Whitechapel Art Gallery

Location: London

Whitechapel Art Gallery Summer Exhibition 1912, Scottish Art and History

Dates: May 31, 1912 - Jul 8, 1912

Venue: Whitechapel Art Gallery

Location: London

Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry

Dates: May 2, 1911 - Nov 4, 1911

Venue: Palace of Art, Kelvingrove Park

Location: Glasgow

Loan Exhibition of Scottish National Portraits

Dates: Jul 5, 1884 - Oct 11, 1884

Venue: Joint RSA NGS Building

Location: Edinburgh

Exhibition of Works of Deceased and Living Artists in Scotland

Dates: Oct 3, 1863 - Nov 21, 1863

Location: Edinburgh

Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, the Thirty - First Annual Exhibition, 1857

Dates: Feb 21, 1857

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

Location: Edinburgh
Sitters
Gordon, John Watson, Sir, PPRSA RA RSA

Tags

Related work

Portrait of David Roberts RA HRSA

An image from the RSA collection.

Portrait of John Frederick Lewis, RA HRSA

The English painter J F Lewis had travelled widely to Holland, France, Italy and Spain in the 1820s and 1830s visiting the great public art…

An image from the RSA collection.

A Grandfather's Lesson

The painting appears to have been initially entitled 'Instruction' and was subsequently known as 'A Grandfather's Lesson'. In 2019-11, the RSA…

An image from the RSA collection.

Cuthbert Watson

Man seated holding a cane

Copyright notice

If you would like to use or copy this image, please contact us, or further information can be found here.