Portrait of Charles Rogers
Date
ca. 1784
Sitter
Charles Rogers (1711 - 1784) , Art collector
Creator
Thomas Cook (1744 - 1818, British) , Engraver
After
Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792, British) , Portraitist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 129mm
width (print): 99mm
height (paper support): 190mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 99mm
height (paper support): 190mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Description
Half-length portrait of Charles Rogers, looking over to the left as viewed, holding paper in right hand. He wears fur trimmed coat over waistcoat and frilled cuffed shirt.
Inscribed on separate paper ‘CHARLES ROGERS ESQR. F.R.S. and S.A.L. from an Original Picture by Sr Joshua Reynolds’ and pencilled ‘1757’.
Charles Rogers was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1757.
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 ‘CHARLES ROGERS ESQR. F.R.S. and S.A.L. from an Original Picture by Sr Joshua Reynolds’ and pencilled ‘1757’.
Charles Rogers was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1757.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.69
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