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Ref No	GSL/POR/73
Title	Portrait of Charles LYELL
Date	[1840]
Date Note	Information on the label on the back of the frame
Level	Item
Extent	1 item
Format	Portrait
Description	Portrait of Charles Lyell, aged 43 years, painted by Alexander Craig during the British Association Meeting in Glasgow, August 1840. Oil on board, 202mm x 258mm.
Thumbnail	$41\9ceb37-e253-41a9-9f7f-bad28183817a.jpg$
CustodialHistory	The painting was on show in the Society's Lyell Room until 2013, when it was transferred to the Archives.
Provenance	Information written on the label at the back of the frame [now removed]: 'Purchased by Graham Lea (with several others by the same artist) at Sotheby's, London in the mid-1970s. Sold by him (after years of badgering) to Stuart Baldwin on 20th June 1997'. Donated to the Geological Society by Stuart Baldwin on 7 March 2008.
Access Conditions	Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language	English
Related Material	The Wellcome Trust holds a portrait of the physician Golding Bird which is very similar in style and execution, which appears also to have been painted around this time, see: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ff76scrf [accessed 10 May 2019]
ArchNote	Description by Caroline Lam
CreatorName	CRAIG \| Alexander \| 1808-1878 \| artist

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/1181	CRAIG; Alexander (1808-1878); artist	1808-1878
DS/UK/16	LYELL; Sir; Charles (1797-1875); 1st baronet; geologist	1797-1875

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