Portrait of William Hodgson
Date
1796
Sitter
William Hodgson, Collector
Creator
Henry James Richter (1772 - 1857, British) , Engraver
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Dimensions
height (print): 172mm
width (print): 102mm
height (paper support): 202mm
weight (paper support): 150mm
width (print): 102mm
height (paper support): 202mm
weight (paper support): 150mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of William Hodgson in three-quarter profile to the right as viewed. He wears jacket, waistcoat and necktie. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Drawn & Engraved by Henry Richter. WILLIAM HODGSON. Published March 6th 1796.’ Pencilled ‘1807’ lower left hand corner.
William Hodgson (-1824) British book collector, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1807.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p29.
Inscribed ‘Drawn & Engraved by Henry Richter. WILLIAM HODGSON. Published March 6th 1796.’ Pencilled ‘1807’ lower left hand corner.
William Hodgson (-1824) British book collector, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1807.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p29.
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