Portrait of John Whitehurst
Date
1788
Sitter
John Whitehurst (1713 - 1788, British) , Instrument maker
Creator
Anker Smith (1759 - 1819, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
William Bent, Publisher
After
Joseph Wright of Derby (1734, British) , Painter
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 137mm
width (print): 89mm
height (paper support): 157mm
width (paper support): 101mm
width (print): 89mm
height (paper support): 157mm
width (paper support): 101mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of John Whitehurst in right profile, looking off to distance. Oval in a rectangular frame.
Inscribed ‘JOHN WHITEHURST, F.R.S.’ and pencilled ‘1779’.
John Whitehurst was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1779.
Plate from The Universal Magazine.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.87
Inscribed ‘JOHN WHITEHURST, F.R.S.’ and pencilled ‘1779’.
John Whitehurst was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1779.
Plate from The Universal Magazine.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.87
Associated place