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Professor D. R. Dow (aged nine)

David Comba Adamson (1859–1926)

Crail Museum & Heritage Centre

Professor D. R. Dow

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Professor David Rutherford Dow, the son of the local doctor, was nine years old when his portrait was painted. He rose to become Professor of Anatomy and was appointed the first Master at Queen's College, Dundee in 1954. He was a popular lecturer, respected and admired by his students.

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Title

Professor D. R. Dow

Date

1898

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 90.8 x W 67.6 cm

Accession number

crlps:1999.0009

Acquisition method

bequeathed, 1999

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

D. Comba Adamson 1898

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David Comba Adamson

1859–1926

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