Portrait of John Sims
Date
1817
Sitter
John Sims (1749 - 1831, British) , Physician
Creator
Mrs D Turner, Engraver
After
Benedetto Pistrucci (1784, Italian) , Medallist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 127mm
width (print): 106mm
height (paper support): 147mm
width (paper support): 123mm
width (print): 106mm
height (paper support): 147mm
width (paper support): 123mm
Subject
Description
Head portrait of John Sims in left profile after a medallion.
Inscribed ‘John Sims M.D. 1817’ and pencilled ‘1814’.
John Sims was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1814.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.73
Inscribed ‘John Sims M.D. 1817’ and pencilled ‘1814’.
John Sims was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1814.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.73
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