Portrait of Daniel Wray
Date
ca.1817
Sitter
Daniel Wray (1701 - 1783) , Antiquary
Creator
Henry Hoppner Meyer (1782 - 1847, British) , Engraver
After
Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1735 - 1811, British) , Engraver
John Jackson (1778 - 1831, British) , Portraitist
John Jackson (1778 - 1831, British) , Portraitist
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 124mm
width (print): 106mm
height (paper support): 141mm
width (paper support): 139mm
width (print): 106mm
height (paper support): 141mm
width (paper support): 139mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Daniel Wray inclined slightly to the left as viewed and looking out to viewer. He wears mid-length wig and is dressed in jacket, overcoat, and neck bands. Oval in a rectangular frame.
Inscribed on separate paper ‘Dance Pinxt. Jackson Delt. Meyer Sculpt. DANIEL WRAY, ESQR. M.A. F.R.S. & F.S.A. Born 1701; Died 1783. Copied from the portrait & Cameo at the Charter-house.’ Inscribed in ink ‘Dan Wray’ and pencilled ‘1728’ on paper support.
Daniel Wray was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729.
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 on separate paper ‘Dance Pinxt. Jackson Delt. Meyer Sculpt. DANIEL WRAY, ESQR. M.A. F.R.S. & F.S.A. Born 1701; Died 1783. Copied from the portrait & Cameo at the Charter-house.’ Inscribed in ink ‘Dan Wray’ and pencilled ‘1728’ on paper support.
Daniel Wray was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729.
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