Portrait of John Reeves
Date
ca. 1818
Sitter
John Reeves (1752 - 1829, British) , Barrister
Creator
[?] James Thomson (1788 - 1850, British) , Engraver
After
Samuel Drummond (1765 - 1846, British) , Painter
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 183mm
width (print): 110mm
height (paper support): 272mm
width (paper support): 218mm
width (print): 110mm
height (paper support): 272mm
width (paper support): 218mm
Description
Half-length portrait of John Reeves, facing front and looking away from viewer. He wears high collared coat with white cravat.
Inscribed ‘JOHN REEVES ESQR’ and pencilled ‘Elected 1790, died 1829?’.
John Reeves was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1790.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.69
Inscribed ‘JOHN REEVES ESQR’ and pencilled ‘Elected 1790, died 1829?’.
John Reeves was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1790.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.69
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