Portrait of George Biggin
Date
ca. late 18th century
Sitter
George Biggin (1757 - 1803) , Agriculturalist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 115mm
width (print): 90mm
height (paper support): 180mm
width (paper support): 152mm
width (print): 90mm
height (paper support): 180mm
width (paper support): 152mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of George Biggin inclined to the left as viewed and looking off to distance. He wears hat with rosette and is dressed in jacket, waistcoat, shirt and cravat. In an oval frame with laurel detail over the top and on a pedestal with inscription.
Inscribed ‘MR. BIGGIN, a favourite English Aerial Traveller Ascended from St. George’s Fields, June 29 1785’.
George Biggin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1802.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.7
Inscribed ‘MR. BIGGIN, a favourite English Aerial Traveller Ascended from St. George’s Fields, June 29 1785’.
George Biggin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1802.
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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