Portrait of James Brindley
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                                early 19th century
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Sitter
                            
                            
                                James Brindley (1716, British) , Engineer
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator
                            
                            
                                Henry Richard Cook (British) , Engraver
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                After
                            
                            
                                Francis Parsons (1733, British) , Painter
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (print): 119mm
width (print): 94mm
height (paper support): 220mm
width (paper support): 149mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (print): 94mm
height (paper support): 220mm
width (paper support): 149mm
                                Description
                            
                            
                                Three-quarter length portrait of James Brindley standing in three quarter profile to the left as viewed and leaning on surveying instrument. Barton Aqueduct [?] in background on left hand side as viewed and urn with vine to the right, with a tree behind.
Inscribed ‘Painted by F Parsons. Engraved by H. Cook.’ and pencilled on paper support James Brindley’
James Brindley was not a Fellow of the Royal Society, he was an engineer.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.4
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Inscribed ‘Painted by F Parsons. Engraved by H. Cook.’ and pencilled on paper support James Brindley’
James Brindley was not a Fellow of the Royal Society, he was an engineer.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.4
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