Self Portrait

John Callcott Horsley, 1817-1903

1882

Oil on canvas

34.5 x 29.7 cm.; frame: 113.5 x 67.3 cm.

Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, Accession No. ABDAG002800

Alexander Macdonald Bequest, 1901

This was one of four works that Macdonald commissioned from his friend Horsely, and later bequeathed to the gallery. Helen Valentine tells us that despite his rather stern appearance, Horsley had a "genial temperament," and indeed he writes warmly about numerous friends in his "recollections."

Image described as "out of copyright" on the gallery website. Click on the image to enlarge it.]

Image acquisition and text by Jacqueline Banerjee