Portrait of John Rickman
Date
1831
Sitter
John Rickman (1771 - 1840, British) , Statistician
Creator
Miss Turner, Lithographer
Creator - Organisation
Graf & Soret, Lithographers
After
Samuel Lane (1780 - 1859, British) , Painter
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 273mm
width (print): 183mm
height (paper support): 286mm
width (paper support): 210mm
width (print): 183mm
height (paper support): 286mm
width (paper support): 210mm
Description
Three quarter length portrait of John Rickman, seated facing forward and looking off to right. He wears high collared coat with white cravat and holds quill in left hand. Right arm rests on desk with parchment, inkwell, and pocket watch.
Inscribed ‘S.Lane pinxit 1831. Printed by Graf & Soret. JOHN RICKMAN ESQR, CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS’ and pencilled ‘1815’.
John Rickman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815.
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 ‘S.Lane pinxit 1831. Printed by Graf & Soret. JOHN RICKMAN ESQR, CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS’ and pencilled ‘1815’.
John Rickman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815.
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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