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National Library of Scotland
Edinburgh
Title
Thomas Ruddiman (1674–1757), Keeper of the Advocates' Library (1730–1752)
Date
1741
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 75 x W 62.2 cm
Accession number
PCF1
Acquisition method
gift from Miss Sylvia Steuart, BEM, 1948
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
On the back is a label written in what looks like a pre-20th-century hand "Mr Thomas Ruddiman Library Keeper of the Faculty of Advocates. A.C. 1741 Aetat. 57"
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 1EW Scotland
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