Quasi cursores; portraits of the high officers of the University of Edinburgh. 1884 William Brassey Hole etchings of professors, etc.

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Quasi cursores; portraits of the high officers of the University of Edinburgh.
Published by David Douglas, Castle Street, Edinburgh.
Printed at University Press by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1884

Drawn and etched by William Brassey Hole

Original 140-year-old Etchings from a limited edition of 750 quarto impressions
on chain-laid paper with crown watermark
Sheet size: approx. 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches

NOTE: THE PAPER, WHICH IS 140 YEARS OLD, IS IN GENERALLY VERY GOOD CONDITION. THERE MAY BE SOME SIGNS OF AGE SUCH AS FOX MARKS OR AGE TONING. THERE ARE ALSO PAPER CLIP RUST STAINS AT THE TOP OF EACH PAGE, WHERE THE ACCOMPANYING TITLE PAGE AND THE ETCHING WERE PREVIOUSLY CLIPPED TOGETHER. PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT THE PROVIDED ENLARGEMENTS TO ASSESS THE CONDITION OF EACH PRINT.

JOHN WILSON

Professor of Agriculture and Rural Economy

$15

PETER GUTHRIE TAIT

Professor of Natural Philosophy

$15

MALCOLM CAMPBELL TAYLOR

Professor of Divinity and
Ecclesiastical History

$15

WILLIAM YOUNG SELLAR

Professor of Humanity

$15

SIR LYON PLAYFAIR

Representative in Parliament

$15

SIR HERBERT OAKELEY

Professor of Music

SIR STAFFORD HENRY NORTHCOTE

Lord Rector

$15

DAVID MASSON

Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature

SIMON SOMERVILLE LAURIE

Professor of the Theory, History, and Practice of Education

$15

JAMES GEIKIE

Professor of Geology

SIR ALEXANDER GRANT

Vice-Chancellor and Principal

$15

SIR GEORGE HARRISON

Lord Prevost of Edinburgh
Representing the Founders of 'The Town's College'

$20

ROBERT FLINT

Professor of Divinity

$15

JAMES COSSAR EWART

Professor of Natural History

$15

ALEXANDER DICKSON

Professor of Botany

$15

JULIUS EGGELING

Professor of Sanskrit
and Comparative Philology

$15

FLEEMING JENKIN

Professor of Engineering

$20

ARCHIBALD HAMILTON CHARTERIS

Professor of Biblical Criticism
and Biblical Antiquities

$10

GEORGE CHRYSTAL

Professor of Mathematics

$15

HENRY CALDERWOOD

Professor of Moral Philosophy

GERARD BALDWIN BROWN

Professor of Fine Art

DONALD MACKINNON

Professor of Celtic Languages, History, Literature and Antiquities

$15

DAVID LAIRD ADAMS

Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages

$15

THOMAS GRAINGER STEWART

Professor of the Practice of Physic

$15

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Quasi cursores; portraits of the high officers of the University of Edinburgh. Published by David Douglas, Castle Street, Edinburgh. Printed at University Press by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1884

Drawn and etched by William Brassey Hole

Quasi cursores; portraits of the high officers of the University of Edinburgh.
Published by David Douglas, Castle Street, Edinburgh.
Printed at University Press by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1884