Portrait of Thomas Hill
Date
ca.1711
Sitter
Thomas Hill (1678 - 1758, British) , Poet
Creator
Unknown, Printmaker
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 100mm
width (print): 84mm
height (paper support): 146mm
weight (paper support): 116mm
width (print): 84mm
height (paper support): 146mm
weight (paper support): 116mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Hill in three-quarter profile to the left as viewed. He wears buttoned coat and a cap. In an oval laurel garland.
Inscribed ‘AETATIS SVAE TH 28.’ Pencilled ‘Thos Hill Poet. 1725.’
Thomas Hill (ca.1683-1758) British poet, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1725.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p30.
Inscribed ‘AETATIS SVAE TH 28.’ Pencilled ‘Thos Hill Poet. 1725.’
Thomas Hill (ca.1683-1758) British poet, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1725.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p30.
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