Portrait of Robert Shippen
Date
late 18th early 19th century
Sitter
Robert Shippen (1675 - 1745, British, English)
Creator
James Fittler (1758 - 1835, British) , Engraver
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 238mm
width (print): 167mm
width (print): 167mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Robert Shippen, after a marble bust on a pedestal. He wears cassock with bands and head covering.
Inscribed in pencil ‘Rev R Shippen. 1706’.
Robert Shippen was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1706.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.75
Inscribed in pencil ‘Rev R Shippen. 1706’.
Robert Shippen was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1706.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.75
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