Portrait of Frederic Lewis Norden
Date
1793
Sitter
Frederic Lewis Norden (1708 - 1742) , Explorer
Creator
[?] Barrett (1771, British) , Artist
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 166mm
width (print): 121mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 121mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Frederic Lewis Norden, facing forward looking directly to viewer. He wears a mid length wig with bow, armour, and cape over left shoulder. Octagon in a rectangular frame.
Inscribed ‘Barrett Sculpt. FREDERICK LEWIS NORDEN, F.R.S. and Captain in the Danish Navy. From a portrait in Crayons in the possession of the publisher Edw Jeffery, Pall Mall.; published Sept 9th 1793’ and pencilled ‘1760’.
Frederic Lewis Norden was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1741.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.55
Inscribed ‘Barrett Sculpt. FREDERICK LEWIS NORDEN, F.R.S. and Captain in the Danish Navy. From a portrait in Crayons in the possession of the publisher Edw Jeffery, Pall Mall.; published Sept 9th 1793’ and pencilled ‘1760’.
Frederic Lewis Norden was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1741.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.55
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