Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.11657

    Portrait of George Stepney

    Date
    1823
    Sitter
    George Stepney (1663 - 1707, British) , Diplomat
    Creator
    Richard Newton (1777, British) , Engraver
    Creator - Organisation
    William Walker, Publisher
    After
    George Clint (1770 - 1854, British) , Painter
    Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Painter
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 220mm
    width (print): 227mm
    height (paper support): 135mm
    width (paper support): 152mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of George Stepney turned to the left as viewed and looking back to viewer with right hand across body holding robe. He wears long curled wig, embroidered robe and necktie.

    Inscribed ‘Drawn by G. Clint A.R.A. Engraved by R. Newton. GEORGE STEPNEY From a Picture by Sir Godfrey Kneller in the Collection of William Baker Esqr. London, March, 1, 1823. Published by W.Walker 5 Grays Inn Square’ and pencilled ‘1697’.

    George Stepney was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1697.

    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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