Portrait of Hans Sloane
Date
late 18th century
Sitter
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 173mm
width (print): 105mm
height (paper support): 224mm
width (paper support): 150mm
width (print): 105mm
height (paper support): 224mm
width (paper support): 150mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Hans Sloane turned to the right as viewed and looking back to viewer. He wears full wig and lace cravat. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Sir HANS SLOANE, Bart’.
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), Irish physician and collector, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685, served on its Council from 1690 and as its president from 1727-1741. He was a famous collector, and in building and researching his plant, animal and curio specimen collection, he is known to have relied on contacts involved in colonial networks, and often indigenous and enslaved peoples.
Inscribed ‘Sir HANS SLOANE, Bart’.
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), Irish physician and collector, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685, served on its Council from 1690 and as its president from 1727-1741. He was a famous collector, and in building and researching his plant, animal and curio specimen collection, he is known to have relied on contacts involved in colonial networks, and often indigenous and enslaved peoples.
Object history
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.74
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