Portrait of Joseph Wilcocks
Date
1797
Sitter
Joseph Wilcocks (1724 - 1791, British) , Antiquary
Creator
Samuel Phillips, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
W Brown, Publisher
After
Benjamin West (1738 - 1820, American) , Painter
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 125mm
height (paper support): 226mm
width (paper support): 152mm
width (print): 125mm
height (paper support): 226mm
width (paper support): 152mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Joseph Wilcocks in three-quarter profile to the left as viewed, holding book in left hand and holding right hand to chin. He wears wig with queue and is dressed in collarless jacket with white shirt and cravat. An obelisk and the domed roof building are visible in the background.
Print from Roman Conversations, or a Short Description of the Antiquities of Rome.
Joseph Wilcocks was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1765
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.87
Print from Roman Conversations, or a Short Description of the Antiquities of Rome.
Joseph Wilcocks was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1765
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