Portrait of Joseph Mendoza y Rios
Date
late 18th century
Sitter
Joseph Mendoza y Rios (1762 - 1816, Spanish) , Astronomer
Creator
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 275mm
width (print): 200mm
height (paper support): 294mm
width (paper support): 228mm
width (print): 200mm
height (paper support): 294mm
width (paper support): 228mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Joseph Mendoza y Rios, turned to the left and looking straight at viewer.
Inscribed ‘P Ortigosa dib y grabo’ with facsimile signature and pencilled ‘1793’.
Joseph Mendoza Y Rios was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1793.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.51
Inscribed ‘P Ortigosa dib y grabo’ with facsimile signature and pencilled ‘1793’.
Joseph Mendoza Y Rios was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1793.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.51
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