Portrait of John Playfair
Date
ca. 1816
Sitter
John Playfair (1748 - 1819, British) , Clergyman
Creator
R Cooper, Engraver
After
Henry Raeburn (1756 - 1823, Scottish) , Medallist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 227mm
width (print): 189mm
height (paper support): 276mm
width (paper support): 248mm
width (print): 189mm
height (paper support): 276mm
width (paper support): 248mm
Subject
Description
Half length portrait of John Playfair.
Inscribed ‘JOHN PLAYFAIR, ESQ. F.R.S’ and pencilled ‘1807’.
John Playfair was 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, p.61
Inscribed ‘JOHN PLAYFAIR, ESQ. F.R.S’ and pencilled ‘1807’.
John Playfair was 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, p.61
Associated place