Portrait of John Arbuthnot
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
John Arbuthnot (1667 - 1735, British) , Physician
Creator
Thomas Prescott, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
C Dyer, Publisher
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Portraitist
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 174mm
width (print): 140mm
height (paper support): 190mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 140mm
height (paper support): 190mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of John Arbuthnot inclined to the right as viewed and looking back over to the left. He wears turban, shirt and gown.
Inscribed ‘T. Prescott sculp. Pub. By C. Dyer of Compton Street, Soho. John Arbuthnot M.D.’ and pencilled ‘1704’.
John Arbuthnot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1704.
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 ‘T. Prescott sculp. Pub. By C. Dyer of Compton Street, Soho. John Arbuthnot M.D.’ and pencilled ‘1704’.
John Arbuthnot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1704.
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