Portrait of William Sotheby
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                                early 19th century
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                William Sotheby (1757 - 1833, British) , Translator
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830, British) , Portraitist
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (print): 222mm
width (print): 164mm
height (paper support): 261mm
width (paper support): 201mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (print): 164mm
height (paper support): 261mm
width (paper support): 201mm
                                Description
                            
                            
                                Head and shoulder portrait of William Sotheby, head turned to the left as viewed and looking into the distance. 
Paper support inscribed in pencil ‘1794. W Sotheby'.
William Sotheby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1794.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.74
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Paper support inscribed in pencil ‘1794. W Sotheby'.
William Sotheby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1794.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.74
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