Portrait of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie
Date
1823
Sitter
Baron Glenbervie Sylvester Douglas (1743 - 1823) , Lawyer
Creator
CS Taylor, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
John Letts Jr, Publisher
After
Adam Buck (1759 - 1833, British) , Artist
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 222mm
width (print): 135mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 135mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Sylvester Douglas in three-quarter profile to the right as viewed. He wears double-breasted coat with high-collared shirt and cravat.
Inscribed ‘The late Right Honorable LORD GLENBERVIE. ENGRAVED BY C.S.TAYLOR. FROM AN ORIGINAL PAINTING BY ADAM BUCK. London Published for the New European Magazine John Letts Junr. 32 Cornhill. 1st July. 1823.’ Pencilled ‘el 1795’.
Portrait of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie (1743-1823) was a British lawyer he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1795.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.26.
Inscribed ‘The late Right Honorable LORD GLENBERVIE. ENGRAVED BY C.S.TAYLOR. FROM AN ORIGINAL PAINTING BY ADAM BUCK. London Published for the New European Magazine John Letts Junr. 32 Cornhill. 1st July. 1823.’ Pencilled ‘el 1795’.
Portrait of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie (1743-1823) was a British lawyer he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1795.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.26.
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