Portrait of Percivall Pott
Date
ca. 1790
Sitter
Percivall Pott (1714 - 1788, British) , Surgeon
Creator
James Heath (1757 - 1834, British) , Engraver
After
Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792, British) , Painter
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 181mm
width (print): 137mm
height (paper support): 195mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 137mm
height (paper support): 195mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Percivall Pott, head turned to the left as viewed. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘ PERCIVALL POTT Esqr. Engraved by Heath from a Picture of Sir Joshua Reynolds’ and pencilled ‘1664’.
Percivall Pott was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1764.
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 ‘ PERCIVALL POTT Esqr. Engraved by Heath from a Picture of Sir Joshua Reynolds’ and pencilled ‘1664’.
Percivall Pott was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1764.
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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