Portrait of John Cooke
Date
mid-late 19th century
Sitter
John Cooke (1756 - 1838, British) , Physician
Creator
Unknown, Printmaker
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 114mm
width (print): 89mm
height (paper support): 172mm
width (paper support): 135mm
width (print): 89mm
height (paper support): 172mm
width (paper support): 135mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of John Cooke, seated in three-quarter profile to the left as viewed. He wears regency-style clothes and spectacles.
Facsimile signature ‘J Cooke MD FRS’ on separate paper and inscribed ‘J.COOKE MD FRS. 1821’ on paper support.
John Cooke (1756-1838) was a British physician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.13.
Facsimile signature ‘J Cooke MD FRS’ on separate paper and inscribed ‘J.COOKE MD FRS. 1821’ on paper support.
John Cooke (1756-1838) was a British physician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.13.
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