Portrait of Herbert Marsh
Date
1838
Sitter
Bishop of Peterborough Herbert Marsh (1757 - 1839, British) , Clergyman
Creator
John Cochran (British) , Engraver
After
John William Wright (1802, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 227mm
width (print): 147mm
height (paper support): 296mm
width (paper support): 246mm
width (print): 147mm
height (paper support): 296mm
width (paper support): 246mm
Description
Half length portrait of Herbert Marsh, Bishop of Peterborough, seated in chair wearing a rochet with hands clasped in lap.
Inscribed ‘Painted by J. W. Wright. Engraved by J. Cochran. HERBERT MARSH, D.D. LORD BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH. FISHER. SON & Co. LONDON 1838’ with facsimile signature.
Herbert Marsh, Bishop of Peterborough, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1801.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.50
Inscribed ‘Painted by J. W. Wright. Engraved by J. Cochran. HERBERT MARSH, D.D. LORD BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH. FISHER. SON & Co. LONDON 1838’ with facsimile signature.
Herbert Marsh, Bishop of Peterborough, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1801.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.50
Associated place