Portrait of Frederick William Beechey
Date
ca. early 19th century
Sitter
Frederick William Beechey (1796, British) , Geographer
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 117mm
width (print): 103mm
height (paper support): 187mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 103mm
height (paper support): 187mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Frederick William Beechey seated at a desk holding a map in left hand. He wears military uniform of jacket with braid and epaulettes and high collared shirt with dark cravat.
Inscribed in pencil on paper support ‘1824 Capt Beechey’.
Frederick William Beechey was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1824, he was Vice President from 1855 until 1856.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.6
Inscribed in pencil on paper support ‘1824 Capt Beechey’.
Frederick William Beechey was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1824, he was Vice President from 1855 until 1856.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.6
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