Portrait of William Benson Earle
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
William Benson Earle (1740 - 1796, British) , Philanthropist
Creator
William Evans (British) , Engraver
After
William Hoare (1707 - 1792, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 148mm
width (print): 109mm
height (paper support): 204mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 109mm
height (paper support): 204mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of William Benson Earle in left profile. He wears buckled wig with queue and is dressed in jacket with high-collared shirt and dark cravat. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘WILLIAM BENSON EARLE, ESQ. Late of the Close, Sarum. Engraved by William Evans from an original Drawing executed by William Hoare, Esq: of Bath in the year 1769.’ Pencilled ‘1773’.
William Benson Earle (1740-1796) was a British philanthropist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1773.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.19.
Inscribed ‘WILLIAM BENSON EARLE, ESQ. Late of the Close, Sarum. Engraved by William Evans from an original Drawing executed by William Hoare, Esq: of Bath in the year 1769.’ Pencilled ‘1773’.
William Benson Earle (1740-1796) was a British philanthropist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1773.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.19.
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