Portrait of James Rennell
Date
1802
Sitter
James Rennell (1742 - 1830, British) , Geographer
Creator
William Ridley (1764 - 1838, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
John Sewell, Publisher
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 187mm
width (print): 130mm
height (paper support): 225mm
width (paper support): 150mm
width (print): 130mm
height (paper support): 225mm
width (paper support): 150mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of James Rennell, in left profile, seated with arms folded. He wears regency-style coat, high collared shirt and cravat.
Plate to European Magazine.
Inscribed ‘European Magazine. Engraved by Ridely from a drawg by Scott. MAJOR JAMES RENNELL F.R.S. Pub. By J. Sewell Cornhill Aug 1. 1802’.
James Rennell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1781, he won the Copley Medal in 1791 for his paper on the rate of travelling as performed by camels.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.69
Plate to European Magazine.
Inscribed ‘European Magazine. Engraved by Ridely from a drawg by Scott. MAJOR JAMES RENNELL F.R.S. Pub. By J. Sewell Cornhill Aug 1. 1802’.
James Rennell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1781, he won the Copley Medal in 1791 for his paper on the rate of travelling as performed by camels.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.69
Associated place