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Reshid Bey J Lowy

Image courtesy the artist's estate

The subject of this portrait by Reshid Bey is Melbourne watchmaker Joseph Lowy (1889–1979), whose letterhead read ‘J Lowy, distributor of punctuality’. Lowy was appointed honorary curator of horology to the Museum of Applied Science (later Science Museum of Victoria) in 1953, a position he held until his death in 1979.