Portrait of William Spence
Date
1839
Sitter
William Spence (1783 - 1860, British) , Entomologist
Creator
William Raddon (1792, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
Charles Edward Wagstaff, Publisher
After
John James Masquerier (1778 - 1855, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 110mm
width (print): 87mm
height (paper support): 188mm
width (paper support): 110mm
width (print): 87mm
height (paper support): 188mm
width (paper support): 110mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of William Spence seated and turned to the left as viewed with right arm resting on the back of the chair.
Inscribed in pen ‘Willm. Spence FRS’ and pencilled ‘1834’. Inscribed on separate paper ‘W. Spence, Esq. F.R.S – &c &c’.
William Spence was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1834.
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 pen ‘Willm. Spence FRS’ and pencilled ‘1834’. Inscribed on separate paper ‘W. Spence, Esq. F.R.S – &c &c’.
William Spence was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1834.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.75
Associated place