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
    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
    Associated place
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    Credit
    ©The Royal Society
    Image number
    RS.11908
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