Portrait of Thomas Forster
Date
ca. early 19th century
Sitter
Thomas Forster (1683 - 1738, British) , Politician
Creator
John Taylor Wedgwood (1783 - 1856, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
After
Rosalba Carriera (1675 - 1757, Italian) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 222mm
width (print): 152mm
width (print): 152mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Forster turned to the right and looking back to viewer. He wears a long curled periwig and is dressed in an overcoat, shirt and necktie.
Inscribed ‘THOMAS FORSTER, ESQRE. Knight of the Shire for the County of Northumberland during several Parliaments & General of the Unfortunate Army at Preston, 1715. Engraved by J.T. Wedgewood, from a miniature by Rosalba, painted at Venice. Published by T. RODD Junr & H. ROOD. 17 Little Newport St Leicester Square.’ Pencilled ‘(1706?)’
Thomas Forster (1683-1738) was a Northumberland landowner and politician, he was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p21.
Inscribed ‘THOMAS FORSTER, ESQRE. Knight of the Shire for the County of Northumberland during several Parliaments & General of the Unfortunate Army at Preston, 1715. Engraved by J.T. Wedgewood, from a miniature by Rosalba, painted at Venice. Published by T. RODD Junr & H. ROOD. 17 Little Newport St Leicester Square.’ Pencilled ‘(1706?)’
Thomas Forster (1683-1738) was a Northumberland landowner and politician, he was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p21.
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