Portrait of George Shaw
Date
1803
Sitter
George Shaw (1751 - 1813, British) , Natural historian
Creator
William Holl (1771 - 1838, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
Robert John Thornton, Publisher
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 147mm
width (print): 125mm
height (paper support): 201mm
width (paper support): 152mm
width (print): 125mm
height (paper support): 201mm
width (paper support): 152mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of George Shaw, facing forward and looking over to the left as viewed. He wears regency-style clothing and holds quill in right hand. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘GEORGE SHAW, M.D. F.R.S. AUTHOR OF GENERAL ZOOLOGY’ and pencilled ‘1789’.
George Shaw was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.73
Inscribed ‘GEORGE SHAW, M.D. F.R.S. AUTHOR OF GENERAL ZOOLOGY’ and pencilled ‘1789’.
George Shaw was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.73
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