Portrait of Richard Worsley
Date
ca.1790s
Sitter
Richard Worsley (1751 - 1805, British) , Antiquary
Creator
Antoine Cardon (1772 - 1813, Flemish) , Engraver
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 81mm
width (print): 68mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 153mm
width (print): 68mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 153mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Richard Worsley inclined to the right as viewed and looking out to viewer. He wears double breasted coat, shirt, and cravat. In an oval frame.
Inscribed in separate paper ‘The Rt Honble. Sir Richard Worsley, Bart. M.P. Fellow of the Royal and Antiquary Societies’ and pencilled ‘1778’ on paper support.
Sir Richard Worsley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1778.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.87
Inscribed in separate paper ‘The Rt Honble. Sir Richard Worsley, Bart. M.P. Fellow of the Royal and Antiquary Societies’ and pencilled ‘1778’ on paper support.
Sir Richard Worsley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1778.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.87
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