Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13921

    Portrait of Thomas Hollis

    Date
    ca. 18th century
    Sitter
    Thomas Hollis (1720 - 1774, British) , Philosopher
    Creator
    Unknown, Engraver
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 91mm
    width (print): 78mm
    height (paper support): 112mm
    weight (paper support): 110mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Hollis in right profile. He wears buckled wig with queue. In an oval frame.

    Inscribed ‘THOMAS HOLLIS, Esqr. F.R.S.’ and inked ‘Thomas Hollis FRS’ on paper support with his date of election pencilled lower left.

    Thomas Hollis (1720-1774) British political philosopher, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1757.

    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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