Portrait of Richard Bright
Date
ca.1838
Sitter
Richard Bright (1789 - 1858, British) , Physician
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 114mm
width (print): 93mm
height (paper support): 173mm
width (paper support): 150mm
width (print): 93mm
height (paper support): 173mm
width (paper support): 150mm
Description
Half-length portrait of Richard Bright seated in three-quarter profile to the left as viewed and holding book in left hand. He wears regency-style jacket with waistcoat, high collared shirt and cravat. Draped curtain to the left hand background as viewed.
Inscribed in pencil on paper support ‘1821 J Bright MD FRS’.
Richard Bright was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.9
Inscribed in pencil on paper support ‘1821 J Bright MD FRS’.
Richard Bright was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.9
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