Portrait of William Cullen
Date
1839
Sitter
William Cullen (1710 - 1790, British) , Physician
Creator
Francis Holl (1815 - 1884, British) , Printmaker
Creator - Organisation
Whittaker and Co., Publisher
After
David Martin (1737 - 1797, Scottish) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 116mm
width (print): 93mm
height (paper support): 179mm
width (paper support): 135mm
width (print): 93mm
height (paper support): 179mm
width (paper support): 135mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of William Cullen standing over a desk with right arm outstretched in a reaching pose. His left hand rests on a book upon a table with papers and inkwell. A roman-style bust in the background on the right hand side as viewed. Cullen wears a richly decorated robe with braid detail and a long curled wig.
Facsimile signature on separate paper ‘William Cullen M.D. F.R.S. L&E.’ and pencilled on paper support ‘WILLIAM CULLEN ?’.
William Cullen (1710-1790) was a British physician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1777.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.12.
Facsimile signature on separate paper ‘William Cullen M.D. F.R.S. L&E.’ and pencilled on paper support ‘WILLIAM CULLEN ?’.
William Cullen (1710-1790) was a British physician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1777.
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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