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A portrait presented to Alderman Thompson in recognition of over thirty years of public service, on behalf of the ratepayers of the town. It was presented to him in a ceremony at the Town Hall in February of 1915, in which he in turn presented the portrait to the Borough to be hung in the Town Hall. The portrait is also said to have been included in the previous annual autumn exhibition at the Walker Gallery (1914).

Thompson is sitting in the same chair in Morrison's studio as other dignitaries whose portraits by the artist are on Art UK.

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

Birkenhead

Title

Alderman James T. Thompson (1849–1921), JP, Mayor of Birkenhead (1912–1913)

Date

1914

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 125.5 x W 99 cm

Accession number

BIKGM:4377

Acquisition method

transferred from Birkenhead Town Hall, 1971

Work type

Painting

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

Slatey Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside CH43 4UE England

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Artist or maker

Robert Edward Morrison

1851–1924

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