Portrait of John Gillies
Date
1813
Sitter
John Gillies (1747 - 1836, British) , Historian
Creator
Charles Picart (1780 - 1837, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
Thomas Cadell, Publisher
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Dimensions
height (print): 185mm
width (print): 149mm
height (paper support): 229mm
width (paper support): 153mm
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width (print): 149mm
height (paper support): 229mm
width (paper support): 153mm
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Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of John Gillies turned to the right as viewed and looking back to viewer. He wears high-collared jacket with cravat.
Inscribed ‘JOHN GILLIES, L.L.D. F.R.S.’ and pencilled ‘1789’ on paper support.
John Gillies (1747-1836) British historian, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p25.
Inscribed ‘JOHN GILLIES, L.L.D. F.R.S.’ and pencilled ‘1789’ on paper support.
John Gillies (1747-1836) British historian, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.
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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