Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13886

    Portrait of William Garrow

    Date
    1801
    Sitter
    William Garrow (1760 - 1840, British) , Barrister
    Creator
    J Purden, Engraver
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 164mm
    width (print): 118mm
    height (paper support): 219mm
    width (paper support): 153mm
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    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of William Garrow in left hand profile as viewed. He wears periwig with queue and is dressed in cassock and bands.

    Inscribed ‘J. Purden sculpt. William Garrow Esqr. Published as the Act directs by the Proprietor, No. 12 Camden Street, Islington, June 1st 1801.’ Pencilled ‘1807’ lower left hand corner.

    William Garrow (1760-1840) was a British barrister, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1807.

    Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p25.
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