Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13935

    Portrait of Charles Hutton

    Date
    1823
    Sitter
    Charles Hutton (1737 - 1823, British) , Mathematician
    Creator
    James Thomson (1788 - 1850, British) , Engraver
    After
    William Wyon (1795, British) , Medallist
    Moses Haughton the younger (1773 - 1849, British) , Draughtsman
    Mason Chamberlin the elder (1727 - 1787, British) , Painter
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 69mm
    width (print): 69mm
    height (paper support): 112mm
    width (paper support): 95mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Charles Hutton after a medallion, in left profile. In a round frame.

    Inscribed in ink on paper support ‘Charles Hutton FRS’ with date of election pencilled lower left and facsimile signature on separate paper, cut from the original print.

    Charles Hutton (1737-1823) British mathematician elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1774 and served on the Council as Foreign Secretary from 1779-1784.

    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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