Portrait of Robert Edward Petre
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
9th Baron Petre Robert Edward Petre (1742 - 1801, British) , Horticulturalist
Creator
Thomas Wright (1792 - 1849, British) , Engraver
After
George Romney (1734 - 1802, British) , Portraitist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 188mm
width (print): 112mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 150mm
width (print): 112mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 150mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Robert Edward Petre, turned to the left as viewed and looking back at viewer, wearing peer’s robes.
Inscribed ‘Wright sc. ROBT EDWD LORD PETRE’ and pencilled ‘1731. /6’.
Robert Edward Petre was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1780.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.62
Inscribed ‘Wright sc. ROBT EDWD LORD PETRE’ and pencilled ‘1731. /6’.
Robert Edward Petre was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1780.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.62
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