"Self Portrait" by George H. Boughton, A.R.A..

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Self Portrait

George H. Boughton, A.R.A. (1834-1905)

1884

Oil on canvas

H 30.5 x W 25.2 cm

Collection: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, accession no. ABDAG002624

Bequeathed by Alexander Macdonald, 1901

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Image download, commentary and formatting by Jacqueline Banerjee. [Click on the image to enlarge it.]

Kindly made available, via Art UK, under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial licence (CC BY-NC).

Boughton might seem rather haughty here, but he is just focussed on his canvas. He was far from proud or condescending. Popular both as an artist and as a man, he was described as "kindly, genial, humorous, a lover of a good story, the essence of hospitality, and wholly free from jealousy, malice, and incharitable judgments" (Obituary).

Bibliography

"Obituary." Times. 21 January 1905: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 December 2021.

Created 29 December 2021