Portrait of Owen Salusbury Brereton
Date
ca. late 18th early 19th century
Sitter
Owen Salusbury Brereton (1715 - 1798, British) , Barrister
Creator
William Evans (British) , Engraver
After
John Holliday (1725 - 1801) , Painter
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 169mm
width (print): 110mm
height (paper support): 215mm
width (paper support): 149mm
width (print): 110mm
height (paper support): 215mm
width (paper support): 149mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Owen Salusbury Brereton in three quarter profile to the left as viewed. He wears short wig with queue and is dressed in jacket, waistcoat, shirt and cravat. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘OWEN SALUSBURY BRERETON Esqr. F.R. & A.S. late Vice President of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. Engraved by W. Evans, from an original miniature furnished by the late John Holliday Esq; and pencilled ‘1762’.
Owen Salusbury Brereton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1762.
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 ‘OWEN SALUSBURY BRERETON Esqr. F.R. & A.S. late Vice President of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. Engraved by W. Evans, from an original miniature furnished by the late John Holliday Esq; and pencilled ‘1762’.
Owen Salusbury Brereton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1762.
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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