Portrait of John Randolph, Bishop of London
Date
ca. 1818
Sitter
Bishop of London John Randolph (1749 - 1813, British) , Clergyman
Creator
Henry Hoppner Meyer (1782 - 1847, British) , Engraver
After
William Owen (1769 - 1825, British) , Painter
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 279mm
width (print): 201mm
height (paper support): 297mm
width (paper support): 217mm
width (print): 201mm
height (paper support): 297mm
width (paper support): 217mm
Subject
Description
Three quarter length portrait of John Randolph, Bishop of London, seated facing forward. Right arm rests on table with books and he holds cap in left hand. He wears rochet and bands.
Inscribed ‘Painted by Willm Owen. Esqr R.A. Portrait Painter to H.R.H the Prince Regent. Engraved by Henry Meyer. Gt Russell Street, Bloomsbury. The Rt. Revd. and Rt Honble JOHN RANDOLPH, D.D. F.R.S. Bishop of London, 1809-1813’ and pencilled ‘1811’.
John Randolph was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1811.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.70
Inscribed ‘Painted by Willm Owen. Esqr R.A. Portrait Painter to H.R.H the Prince Regent. Engraved by Henry Meyer. Gt Russell Street, Bloomsbury. The Rt. Revd. and Rt Honble JOHN RANDOLPH, D.D. F.R.S. Bishop of London, 1809-1813’ and pencilled ‘1811’.
John Randolph was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1811.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.70
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