Portrait of john Rennie
Date
1821
Sitter
John Rennie (1761 - 1821, British) , Civil engineer
Creator
James Thomson (1788 - 1850, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
Henry Fisher, Publisher
After
Henry Corbould (1787, British) , Illustrator
Francis Legatt Chantrey (1781 - 1841, British) , Sculptor
Francis Legatt Chantrey (1781 - 1841, British) , Sculptor
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 140mm
width (print): 85mm
height (paper support): 217mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 85mm
height (paper support): 217mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Description
Portrait of John Rennie after a marble bust.
Inscribed on separate paper ‘John Rennie F.R.S. Civil Engineer & c. Drawn by H Corbould, Esq from a Bust by F Chantrey R.A. and Engraved by Jas Thomson’ and pencilled ‘1798' on paper support.
Plate to Imperial Magazine.
John Rennie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1798.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.69
Inscribed on separate paper ‘John Rennie F.R.S. Civil Engineer & c. Drawn by H Corbould, Esq from a Bust by F Chantrey R.A. and Engraved by Jas Thomson’ and pencilled ‘1798' on paper support.
Plate to Imperial Magazine.
John Rennie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1798.
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