Portrait of John Somers, Baron Somers of Evesham
Date
19th century
Sitter
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (1651 - 1716, British) , Barrister
Creator
Thomas Anthony Dean (1801 - 1860, British) , Engraver
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Portraitist
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 267mm
width (print): 178mm
height (paper support): 293mm
width (paper support): 207mm
width (print): 178mm
height (paper support): 293mm
width (paper support): 207mm
Description
Half-length portrait of John Somers wearing shoulder-length wig, dark robes and white shirt and cravat. The right hand is visible, the left hand obscured in the folds of the robe as he stands with left arm crooked. Behind, and to the left as viewed a bag containing the Great Seal, embroidered with the Royal coat of arms, rests on a table covered with a red cloth.
Inscribed ‘Engraved by T. A. Dean. LORD CHANCELLOR SOMERS, From a Picture by Sir G. Kneller in the possession of the Royal Society. Under the Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London, Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall, East’ and pencilled ‘1698’.
John Somers was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1698 and he was president from 1698-1703.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.75
Inscribed ‘Engraved by T. A. Dean. LORD CHANCELLOR SOMERS, From a Picture by Sir G. Kneller in the possession of the Royal Society. Under the Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London, Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall, East’ and pencilled ‘1698’.
John Somers was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1698 and he was president from 1698-1703.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.75
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