Portrait of Joseph Banks
Date
1819
Sitter
Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820, British) , Botanist
After
P J Stucci, Medallist
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Dimensions
height (print): 224mm
width (print): 152mm
width (print): 152mm
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Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Joseph Banks in left profile, after a medallion. In a circular frame.
Inscribed ‘Sr. Josh. BANKS BART.. 18[?]9. FROM A MEDAL BY P J STRUCCI.’
Sir Joseph Banks was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766 and was President from 1778 until 1820.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.8
Inscribed ‘Sr. Josh. BANKS BART.. 18[?]9. FROM A MEDAL BY P J STRUCCI.’
Sir Joseph Banks was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766 and was President from 1778 until 1820.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.8
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