Portrait of William Tooke
Date
1820
Sitter
William Tooke (1744 - 1820) , Clergyman
Creator
Joseph Collyer (1748 - 1827, British) , Engraver
After
Martin Archer Shee (1769 - 1850, Irish) , Painter
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 192mm
width (print): 161mm
height (paper support): 260mm
width (paper support): 221mm
width (print): 161mm
height (paper support): 260mm
width (paper support): 221mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of William Tooke, facing forward with head turned and looking away to the left as viewed. He wears cassock with bands.
Inscribed in pencil ‘1783. Rev. W Tooke’.
William Tooke was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1783.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.78
Inscribed in pencil ‘1783. Rev. W Tooke’.
William Tooke was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1783.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.78
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