Portrait of Richard Richardson
Date
late 18th century
Sitter
Richard Richardson (1663 - 1741, British) , Physician
Creator
James Basire (1730 - 1802, British) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 187mm
width (print): 131mm
height (paper support): 214mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 131mm
height (paper support): 214mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Richard Richardson, turned to the left as viewed and looking out to viewer. He wears full length wig and lace necktie. Oval in rectangular frame.
Inscribed ‘Jas Basire, sculp. RICHARD RICHARDSON, M.D. & F.R.S. Born in 1663, died in 1741. From an Original Painting in the Possession of his Great Granddaughter Miss Frances Mary Richardson Currers of Eshton Hall' and pencilled ‘1712’.
Richard Richardson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.70
Inscribed ‘Jas Basire, sculp. RICHARD RICHARDSON, M.D. & F.R.S. Born in 1663, died in 1741. From an Original Painting in the Possession of his Great Granddaughter Miss Frances Mary Richardson Currers of Eshton Hall' and pencilled ‘1712’.
Richard Richardson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.70
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