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Kelvin is shown seated, three-quarter length, full face, holding a characteristic blue notebook in his left hand. Dressed in an open black jacket and waistcoat exposing a watch chain. With grey trousers and wearing a red tie. A wooden turned arm of the chair is visible at the sitter’s left hand and a red seat cover. The painting is noted in an article by Kenneth Romney Towndrow (1900–1953): 'The tonal unity Orchardson perfected by his method of painting into a yellow ground has a refinement apt to invite oversight; as, also, do his small figure compositions. This should not prevent our appreciation of such a concentration of character as in the Society’s Lord Kelvin, with hands of a sensitive refinement in painting worthy of the most respectful study'.
Title
William Thomson (1824–1907), Baron Kelvin of Largs
Date
1899
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 100.4 x W 91.5 cm
Accession number
RS.9277
Acquisition method
presented by subscribers, 1899
Work type
Painting
The Royal Society
6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London, Greater London SW1Y 5AG England
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