Portrait of Joseph Banks
Date
1816
Sitter
Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820, British) , Botanist
Creator
Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845, British) , Engraver
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Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 153mm
width (print): 153mm
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Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Joseph Banks in left profile, wearing the Order of the Bath.
Inscribed ‘The Rt. Honble Sr J. Banks Bt. &c &c &c T Phillips R.A. 1816.’
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 ‘The Rt. Honble Sr J. Banks Bt. &c &c &c T Phillips R.A. 1816.’
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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