Portrait of George Baker
Date
late 19th century
Sitter
George Baker (1722 - 1809, British) , Physician
Creator
Ozias Humphry (1742 - 1810, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 111mm
width (print): 91mm
height (paper support): 171mm
width (paper support): 150mm
width (print): 91mm
height (paper support): 171mm
width (paper support): 150mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of George Baker, in three quarter profile to the right as viewed. He wears wig with queue and robe with braid detail.
Sir George Baker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1762.
Inscribed in pencil on paper support ‘1764. Sir G Baker’.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.7
Sir George Baker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1762.
Inscribed in pencil on paper support ‘1764. Sir G Baker’.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.7
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