Portrait of William Davidson Niven
Date
c.1920
Sitter
William Davidson Niven (1842 - 1917, Scottish) , Mathematician
Creator
James Craig Annan (1864 - 1946, British) , Photographer
After
Campbell Lindsay Smith (1879 - 1915, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Description
Half-length seated portrait of William Davidson Niven in a dark jacket, waistcoat, white shirt and dark tie. He is shown turned slightly towards his left, holding a book in his right hand and resting his left hand on his knee. Photogravure of an oil painting in the collection of the University of Aberdeen.
Inscribed below: ‘C. Lindsay Smith, pinx.’ ‘Annan, photogravure.’ ‘Sir William Davidson Niven, K.C.B., F.R.S.’
William Davidson Niven (1842-1917), Scottish mathematician and electrical engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1882.
Inscribed below: ‘C. Lindsay Smith, pinx.’ ‘Annan, photogravure.’ ‘Sir William Davidson Niven, K.C.B., F.R.S.’
William Davidson Niven (1842-1917), Scottish mathematician and electrical engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1882.