Portrait of John Harrison
Date
1788
Sitter
John Harrison (1693 - 1776, British) , Instrument maker
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
John Sewell, Publisher
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 97mm
width (print): 80mm
height (paper support): 159mm
width (paper support): 122mm
width (print): 80mm
height (paper support): 159mm
width (paper support): 122mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of John Harrison in left profile, wearing buckled wig. Possibly after a medallion. In an oval frame.
Plate to European Magazine.
Inscribed ‘JOHN HARRISON Inventor of the Time Keeper.'
John Harrison (1693-1776) British clock maker who invented the marine chronometer, 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, p31.
Plate to European Magazine.
Inscribed ‘JOHN HARRISON Inventor of the Time Keeper.'
John Harrison (1693-1776) British clock maker who invented the marine chronometer, 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, p31.
Associated place