Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13883

    Portrait of Augustus Wollaston Franks

    Date
    1898
    Sitter
    Augustus Wollaston Franks (1826 - 1897, British) , Antiquary
    Creator
    Charles William Sherborn (1831 - 1912, British) , Engraver
    After
    William Derby (1786 - 1847, British) , Painter
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    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 150mm
    width (print): 104mm
    height (paper support): 205mm
    width (paper support): 149mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Augustus Wollaston Franks inclined to the right as viewed. In a decorated oval frame with laurel, two heraldic shields and antiques.

    Inscribed obit May 21 1897. non extinguetur. AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON FRANKS. KCB. LITT. D. DCL. FRS. PSA. NUNC MIHI MOX ALIIS. Bequeathed to the Society of Antiquaries of London by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks. President MDCCCXCII. XCVII. C.W.Sherorn RE fecit 1898.’ Pencilled ‘FRANKS, augustus Wollaston. Presented Dec 1980 by Soc. Of Antiquaries.’

    Augustus Wollaston Franks (1826-1897) British Antiquarian he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1874.

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