Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13919

    Monument to Robert Hoblyn

    Date
    ca. late 18th century
    Sitter
    Robert Hoblyn (British) , Politician
    Creator
    Unknown, Engraver
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 188mm
    width (print): 134mm
    height (paper support): 217mm
    weight (paper support): 152mm
    Subject
    Description
    Study of the monument to Robert Hoblyn at St. Columb Church, Cornwall. Decorative plaque with a bust of Hoblyn in classical style with draped shoulders.

    Inscribed ‘ROBERT HOBLYN of Nanswhyden Esqr. Died Nov 17. MDCCLVI. Aged XLVI.’

    Robert Hoblyn (1710-1756) British politician and book collector, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1745.

    Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p31.
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