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Sir James Mackintosh NPG 45

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sir Thomas Lawrence

The Scottish writer and philosopher James Mackintosh was appointed Recorder at Bombay in 1804. Anxious to obtain leisure for study and literary schemes incompatible with an active professional career, Mackintosh had taken the post in the hope that it would allow him to write his great philosophical masterpiece. His expectations were soon disappointed and he began to miss London society and the stimulation of his peers. He founded the 'Literary Society of Bombay' in 1805 and promoted the study of Indian languages and philosophy. As... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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