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Middleton Jameson
Portrait of an African

About the Item

signed with initials ‘M.J.’ (lower right) oil on canvas 14 x 12 in. (35.6 x 30.5 cm.) with frame 20 x 18 in. (50.8 x 45.7 cm.) In the artist's original Watts-style frame. Born in Edinburgh, Middleton Jameson was known to his family as ‘Midge’. One of his brothers, Leander, was responsible for the ‘Jameson Raid’ in the Transvaal, designed to ignite an uprising by the British expatriate workers. Although unsuccessful, it became an element that incited the Second Boer War and Second Matebele War. Middleton’s portrait of Leander is in the primary collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
  • Creator:
    Middleton Jameson (1851 - 1919)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14.02 in (35.6 cm)Width: 12.01 in (30.5 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Canvas unlined. In good original, ready to hang condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU80613436763
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