Robert Louis Stevenson as an Advocate

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

21878

Title

Robert Louis Stevenson as an advocate

Description

Robert Louis Stevenson sits with his arm resting on a chair. He is dressed in the gown and wig of an advocate. A curtain and some books can be seen to the right of him.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1875

Size

25 x 20cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Writers' Museum

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850. He studied law at Edinburgh University and became an advocate in 1875. He went on to write several popular novels including 'Treasure Island'(1883) and 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' (1886). He died in 1894.

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