Portrait of Matthew Maty
Date
ca. 1800
Sitter
Matthew Maty (1718 - 1776, Dutch-English) , Physician
Creator
William Ridley (1764 - 1838, British) , Engraver
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Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 128mm
width (print): 90mm
height (paper support): 165mm
width (paper support): 108mm
width (print): 90mm
height (paper support): 165mm
width (paper support): 108mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Matthew Maty, turned to the right and looking away from viewer, wearing a cap. In oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Ridley SC, MATTHEW MATY M.D. Born May 17.1718. Died Aug 2.1776’ and pencilled ‘1751’.
Matthew Maty was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1751, he was Foreign Secretary from 1762 to 1766 and Secretary from 1765 to 1776.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.50
Published by John Sewell stipple engraving, 1st August 1800
Inscribed ‘Ridley SC, MATTHEW MATY M.D. Born May 17.1718. Died Aug 2.1776’ and pencilled ‘1751’.
Matthew Maty was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1751, he was Foreign Secretary from 1762 to 1766 and Secretary from 1765 to 1776.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.50
Published by John Sewell stipple engraving, 1st August 1800
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