Portrait of Charles Bonnet
Date
1787
Sitter
Charles Bonnet (1720 - 1793) , Natural historian
Creator
Charles Sherwin (1754, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
John Stockdale, Publisher
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 191mm
width (print): 125mm
height (paper support): 210mm
width (paper support): 134mm
width (print): 125mm
height (paper support): 210mm
width (paper support): 134mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Charles Bonnet in right profile wearing wig with queue. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Chas. Sherwin sculp. CHARLES BONNET, F.R.S. Published as the Act directs, Oct, 1, 1787, by J. Stockdale Piccadilly.’
Charles Bonnet was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.5
Inscribed ‘Chas. Sherwin sculp. CHARLES BONNET, F.R.S. Published as the Act directs, Oct, 1, 1787, by J. Stockdale Piccadilly.’
Charles Bonnet was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.5
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