Portrait of Robert Wood
Date
ca. mid 18th century
Sitter
Robert Wood (1717 - 1771, British) , Traveller
After
Anton Raphael Mengs (1728 - 1779, German) , Painter
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 123mm
width (print): 99mm
height (paper support): 165mm
width (paper support): 115mm
width (print): 99mm
height (paper support): 165mm
width (paper support): 115mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Robert Wood in three-quarter profile to the left as viewed, head turned and looking back to viewer. He wears fur trimmed gown over shirt with lace cuffs.
Inscribed ‘THE PORTRAIT OF R. WOOD ESQR. AUTHOR OF THE WELL KNOWN WORKS ON THE ANTIQUITIES OF PALMYRA & BALBECK 156. Ant. Raffaello Mengs. 2.2 1/8 by 2.0’ and pencilled ‘1789’.
Robert Wood (1717-1771) was a British traveller and classical scholar.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.86
Inscribed ‘THE PORTRAIT OF R. WOOD ESQR. AUTHOR OF THE WELL KNOWN WORKS ON THE ANTIQUITIES OF PALMYRA & BALBECK 156. Ant. Raffaello Mengs. 2.2 1/8 by 2.0’ and pencilled ‘1789’.
Robert Wood (1717-1771) was a British traveller and classical scholar.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.86
Associated place