Portrait of James Anderson
Date
1799
Sitter
James Anderson (1739 - 1808, British) , Agriculturalist
Creator
William Ridley (1764 - 1838, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
Vernor & Hood, Publisher
After
J Anderson, Painter
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 114mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 153mm
width (print): 114mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 153mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of James Anderson, in three-quarter profile to the left as viewed. He wears regency-style clothing and has spectacles resting on his forehead. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Anderson del. Ridley sculp. James Anderson L.L.D. F.R.S. F.A.S. S.&c. Publish’d by Vernor & Hood 31 Poultry Novr. 30th 1799’ and pencilled ‘1759’.
James Anderson was an agriculturist and political economist.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.1
Inscribed ‘Anderson del. Ridley sculp. James Anderson L.L.D. F.R.S. F.A.S. S.&c. Publish’d by Vernor & Hood 31 Poultry Novr. 30th 1799’ and pencilled ‘1759’.
James Anderson was an agriculturist and political economist.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.1
Associated place