Portrait of John Constantine Phipps, Baron Mulgrave
Date
1802
Sitter
Baron Mulgrave Constantine John Phipps (1744 - 1792, British) , Naval officer
Creator
[?] William Ridley (1764 - 1838, British) , Engraver
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 247mm
width (print): 159mm
height (paper support): 273mm
width (paper support): 193mm
width (print): 159mm
height (paper support): 273mm
width (paper support): 193mm
Description
Half length portrait of John Constantine Phipps, Baron Mulgrave, turned to the left as viewed, with eyes focused on the distance. In an oval frame, crest of seven stars with unicorn and ram supporters, below.
Inscribed ‘Ridley sc. Rt. Hone. Constne. John Phipps, Lord Mulgrave. VIRTUTE QUIES. Pub, 1, Sep 1802 by J.Gold late Bunny & Gold, Shoe Lane’ and pencilled ‘1771’.
Baron Mulgrave was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1771, he was Vice President from 1778 to 1792.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.49
Inscribed ‘Ridley sc. Rt. Hone. Constne. John Phipps, Lord Mulgrave. VIRTUTE QUIES. Pub, 1, Sep 1802 by J.Gold late Bunny & Gold, Shoe Lane’ and pencilled ‘1771’.
Baron Mulgrave was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1771, he was Vice President from 1778 to 1792.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.49
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