Portrait of Joseph Banks
Date
1801
Sitter
Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820, British) , Botanist
Creator
Mackenzie, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
J Walker, Publisher
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 159mm
width (plate): 110mm
height (print): 208mm
width (print): 128mm
width (plate): 110mm
height (print): 208mm
width (print): 128mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Joseph Banks, facing forward and looking off to the left as viewed. He wears wig and regency-style coat with waistcoat. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Engd. By Mackenzie, from an original picture in the possession of M.Garthshore, M.D.F.R.S. The Right Honble. Sir Joseph Banks Bart. P.R.S. Published Nov. 1. 1801, by J. Walker: Paternoster Row.’
Sir Joseph Banks was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766 and was President from 1778 until 1820.
Inscribed ‘Engd. By Mackenzie, from an original picture in the possession of M.Garthshore, M.D.F.R.S. The Right Honble. Sir Joseph Banks Bart. P.R.S. Published Nov. 1. 1801, by J. Walker: Paternoster Row.’
Sir Joseph Banks was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766 and was President from 1778 until 1820.
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