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This portrait was painted to celebrate the 40 years' public service of Reverend Dr James Stewart and his great support for Peterhead Public Library. The portrait was never completed, the artist Robert Brough dying in January 1905.

Mintlaw Discovery Centre

Peterhead

Title

Reverend Dr James Stewart (1830–1917), Minister of Peterhead (1864–1917)

Date

1905

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 144.8 x W 97.8 cm

Accession number

PEHMS:P11831

Acquisition method

painted for Peterhead Public Library, 1905

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

The Revd James Stewart DDVD. Painted for the Peterhead Public Library and subscribers in recognition of his generosity to that institution and 40 years public service by Robert Brough ARSA 1905 unfinished the artist died on 21st January 1905. W. H. Leask Provost

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