Portrait of Alexander Wedderburn
Date
1797
Sitter
1st Earl of Rosslyn Alexander Wedderburn (1733 - 1805, British)
Creator
James Hopwood the elder (1742, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
Charles Cooke, Publisher
After
W H Brown, Artist
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 142mm
width (print): 90mm
height (paper support): 155mm
width (paper support): 101mm
width (print): 90mm
height (paper support): 155mm
width (paper support): 101mm
Description
Half-length portrait of Alexander Wedderburn in three-quarter profile to the left and looking to distance. He wears long wig and is dressed in ornate gown with long lace collar. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Engraved by Hopwood, from a drawing by W H Brown. LORD LOUGHBOROUGH. Engraved for C.Cooke May 27.1797’ and pencilled ‘1787’.
Alexander Wedderburn was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1787.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.44
Inscribed ‘Engraved by Hopwood, from a drawing by W H Brown. LORD LOUGHBOROUGH. Engraved for C.Cooke May 27.1797’ and pencilled ‘1787’.
Alexander Wedderburn was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1787.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.44
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