Portrait of Francis Wrangham
Date
ca. early 19th century
Sitter
Francis Wrangham (1769 - 1842, British) , Clergyman
Creator
Robert Hicks (1771, British) , Engraver
After
John Jackson (1778 - 1831, British) , Painter
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 183mm
width (print): 133mm
height (paper support): 206mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 133mm
height (paper support): 206mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Francis Wrangham inclined to the left as viewed and looking out to viewer. He wears regency-style clothing of high collared jacket with waistcoat and cravat. A ribbon [?] hangs around his neck.
Inscribed ‘J. Jackson Esq R.A. R. Hicks. FRANCIS WRANHAM, M.A. F.S.A.’ with facsimile signature which reads ‘Frs. Wrangham Archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire’ and pencilled ‘1804’.
Francis Wrangham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1804.
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 ‘J. Jackson Esq R.A. R. Hicks. FRANCIS WRANHAM, M.A. F.S.A.’ with facsimile signature which reads ‘Frs. Wrangham Archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire’ and pencilled ‘1804’.
Francis Wrangham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1804.
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