Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.11917

    Portrait of William Young

    Date
    1787
    Sitter
    William Young (1749 - 1815, British) , Politician
    Creator
    Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827, British) , Engraver
    Creator - Organisation
    John Sewell, Publisher
    Object type
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 176mm
    width (print): 196mm
    height (paper support): 114mm
    width (paper support): 117mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of William Young in right profile, looking back over high shoulder. He wears short curled hair and is dressed in high collared coat and cravat. In an oval frame. Wreath with scroll and trumpet beneath portrait, inscribed ‘History of Athens’.

    Inscribed ‘European Magazine. WILLAIM YOUNG ESQR. F.R.S. Engraved by T. Holloway. Published as the Act directs, by J.Sewell, Cornhill, 1787.’

    Sir William Young was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1786.
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