Portrait of Thomas Plumer
Date
1847
Sitter
Thomas Plumer (1753 - 1824) , Barrister
Creator
John Henry Robinson (1796 - 1871, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
Fisher Son & Co., Publisher
After
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830, British) , Painter
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 190mm
width (print): 139mm
height (paper support): 210mm
width (paper support): 152mm
width (print): 139mm
height (paper support): 210mm
width (paper support): 152mm
Description
Half-length portrait of Sir Thomas Plumer, seated and looking directly at viewer. He wears long wig, embroidered overcoat and lace cravat.
Inscribed ‘Painted by Sir Thos Lawrence, P.R.S. engraved by H. Robinson. SIR THOMAS PLUMER' with facsimilie signature and pencilled ‘1794’.
Thomas Plumer 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.62
Inscribed ‘Painted by Sir Thos Lawrence, P.R.S. engraved by H. Robinson. SIR THOMAS PLUMER' with facsimilie signature and pencilled ‘1794’.
Thomas Plumer 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.62
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