Portrait of George Keate
Date
1781
Sitter
George Keate (1729 - 1797, British) , Poet
Creator
John Keyse Sherwin (1751 - 1790, British) , Engraver
After
John Plott (1732 - 1803, British) , Miniaturist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 159mm
width (print): 102mm
height (paper support): 220mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 102mm
height (paper support): 220mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of George Keate inclined to the left and looking over to the right as viewed. He wears furred gown with buckled wig and his left hand rests on an open book. In an oval frame.
Frontispiece to his ‘Poems’.
Inscribed ‘J. Plott pinxt. J. K. Sherwin sculpt. GEORGE KEATE ESQR’.
George Keate (1729-1797) British poet, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p39.
Frontispiece to his ‘Poems’.
Inscribed ‘J. Plott pinxt. J. K. Sherwin sculpt. GEORGE KEATE ESQR’.
George Keate (1729-1797) British poet, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p39.
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