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Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841 (engraver)

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Portrait of George Buchanan, 1506 - 1582, (historian and tutor to King James VI), c 1914

 Item — Box Box A: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/8/3
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Likely to be a duplicate copy of an engraving by Edward Scriven. Likely to be a duplicate copy of an engraving. Portrait of George Buchanan, 1506 - 1582, (historian and classical scholar; tutor (preceptor) to King James VI, late sixteenth century). Buchanan was a supporter of the Reformation. See Dictionary of National Biography for more information. From a picture by Francis Pourbus Senior in the possession of The Royal Society.

Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / Reformation period

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