Portrait of George James Guthrie
Date
19th century
Sitter
George James Guthrie (1785 - 1856, British) , Surgeon
Creator
John Cochran (British) , Engraver
After
Henry Room (1802 - 1850, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 118mm
width (print): 92mm
height (paper support): 202mm
width (paper support): 122mm
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width (print): 92mm
height (paper support): 202mm
width (paper support): 122mm
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Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of George James Guthrie, seated in three-quarter profile to the right as viewed. He wears regency-style clothes with a jacket with velvet lapels, high-collared shirt and dark cravat.
Facsimile signature and inscribed ‘F.R.S.’
George James Guthrie (1785-1856) British surgeon, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1827.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p26.
Facsimile signature and inscribed ‘F.R.S.’
George James Guthrie (1785-1856) British surgeon, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1827.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p26.
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