Detail View: Art Collection: General John Reid

Work Record ID: 
0016522
ID Number: 
EU0523
Catalogue Number: 
EU0523
Title: 
General John Reid
Creator: 
Watson, George (b.1767, d.1837)
Date: 
1806
Description: 
Three-quarter length portrait of the General, standing full face. He wears the red coat with yellow facings and white waistcoat of his regiment, the 88th. His left hand grasps the hilt of his sword and his right holds a flute. A table with an open score upon it is before him. The background is occupied partly by a draped red curtain and partly by a landscape.
Material: 
Oil on Canvas/Oil Paint
Repository: 
Art Collection
Repository: 
Object Lessons
Style or Period: 
1800s
Style or Period: 
19th century
Subject Person: 
Reid, John, General
Subject Role: 
Sitter
Related Work Title: 
The University Portraits
Related Work Page No: 
Vol. I/p. 183
Related Work Creator: 
Talbot Rice, David
Rights Statement: 
© The copyright holder
Tag: 
Colonial
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
57179300
Repro Title: 
General John Reid
Repro ID Number: 
0016522c
Repro Rights Statement: 
© The University of Edinburgh
Repro Capture Date: 
03/09/2010 16:41:00
Repro Publication Status: 
Full public access