Sir W. Stirling Maxwell de Keir, Bart., Lord Recteur de l'Université d'Édimbourg, 1871. 'Le Lord Recteur nouvellement élu de l'Université d'Édimbourg, Sir William Stirling Maxwell, de Pollock et Keir, Bart., est un gentleman de lignée ancienne et renommée en Écosse, ainsi qu'un érudit et un auteur de bonne réputation dans les départements de biographie historique et de critique de la littérature et des beaux-arts Il a également siégé à la Chambre des communes et a longtemps été un membre influent du parti conservateur en Grande-Bretagne... ayant consacré son attention à l'étude du litre espagnol

• Contributeur: The Print Collector / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2Y3BYHR
• Taille du fichier: 26,6 MB (1,8 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 2855 x 3258 px | 24,2 x 27,6 cm | 9,5 x 10,9 inches | 300dpi
• Photographe: The Print Collector

Informations supplémentaires

Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.

Sir W. Stirling Maxwell of Keir, Bart., Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh, 1871. 'The newly-elected Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh, Sir William Stirling Maxwell, of Pollock and Keir, Bart., is a gentleman of ancient and renowned lineage in Scotland, as well as a scholar and author of good reputation in the departments of historical biography and the criticism of literature and the fine arts. He has also sat in the House of Commons, and has long been an influential member of the Conservative party in North Britain...having devoted his attention to the study of Spanish literature, history, and art, [he] went to reside some time in France and in Spain, for the prosecution of those researches...At the general Parliamentary election of July, 1852, Mr. Stirling was chosen M.P. for the county of Perth, and continued to represent the same constituency till the election of 1865. In that year, by the death of his maternal uncle, Sir John Maxwell, he became heir to the baronetcy...The claim of Mr. Stirling-Maxwell to the title was contested on grounds of heraldic precedence, but was finally declared to be valid, and he succeeded as ninth Baronet...Sir William's last book was "Velasquez and his Works, " published in 1855'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

Recherche dans la banque de photos par tags

• 19thc century
• auteur
• b / w
• black and whte
• britain
• britanniques
• des arts
• du-19ème-siècle
• noir blanc
• objets d'art