Portrait of Cyril Jackson
Date
1811
Sitter
Cyril Jackson (1746 - 1819, British) , Clergyman
Creator
Charles Turner (1774 - 1857, British) , Engraver
After
William Owen (1769 - 1825, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 535mm
width (print): 354mm
width (print): 354mm
Description
Three-quarter length seated portrait showing Cyril Jackson in academic dress with his hands resting on a cap. He is turned slightly to the right and shown in a scholastic interior with gothic windows visible behind his left shoulder.
Inscribed below: ‘Painted by Wm Owen Esqr R.A. Portrait Painter to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales./Engraved by Chs Turner, Warren Street Fitzroy Square/CYRIL JACKSON, D.D. F.R.S./DEAN OF CHRIST CHURCH/from 1783 to 1809/London. Published Feby 14.1811. by Mr Owen, Leicester Fields & C.Turner, 50, Wreen St Fitzroy Square.’
Cyril Jackson (1746-1819), British clergyman, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1772. He was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford from 1783 until 1809.
Inscribed below: ‘Painted by Wm Owen Esqr R.A. Portrait Painter to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales./Engraved by Chs Turner, Warren Street Fitzroy Square/CYRIL JACKSON, D.D. F.R.S./DEAN OF CHRIST CHURCH/from 1783 to 1809/London. Published Feby 14.1811. by Mr Owen, Leicester Fields & C.Turner, 50, Wreen St Fitzroy Square.’
Cyril Jackson (1746-1819), British clergyman, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1772. He was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford from 1783 until 1809.