Portrait of Charles Mansfield Clarke
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
Charles Mansfield Clarke (1782 - 1857) , Physician
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Samuel Lane (1780 - 1859, British) , Portraitist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 116mm
width (print): 92mm
height (paper support): 213mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 92mm
height (paper support): 213mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of Charles Mansfield Clarke seated in an armchair next to table with inkwell and papers. He holds letter in left hand and rests chin on right hand. He wears regency-style clothing of breeches and high collared jacket.
Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
Facsimile signature on separate paper and inscribed on paper support ’1825. Sir Char Clarke FRS.’
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.12.
Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
Facsimile signature on separate paper and inscribed on paper support ’1825. Sir Char Clarke FRS.’
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.12.
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