Portrait of Thomas Millington
Date
ca. 1 Mar 1807
Sitter
Sir Thomas Millington (1628 - 1703, British) , Physician
Creator
Thomas A. Woolnoth (1785 - 1857, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
Robert John Thornton, Publisher
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 142mm
width (print): 121mm
height (paper support): 163mm
width (paper support): 138mm
width (print): 121mm
height (paper support): 163mm
width (paper support): 138mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Millington, facing forward with head turned slightly to the left as viewed. He wears long wig, dark jacket, and shirt with square collar. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Sir Thomas Millington MD, FRS' and pencilled ‘1802’ and scrubbed out.
Sir Thomas Millington was not a Fellow of the Royal Society, he was a physician and was president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1696 until his death in 1704.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.51
Inscribed ‘Sir Thomas Millington MD, FRS' and pencilled ‘1802’ and scrubbed out.
Sir Thomas Millington was not a Fellow of the Royal Society, he was a physician and was president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1696 until his death in 1704.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.51
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