Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13962

    Portrait of William King, Archbishop of Dublin

    Date
    1803
    Sitter
    William King (1650 - 1729, British Irish) , Clergyman
    Creator
    Kane O'Hara, Engraver
    Creator - Organisation
    William Richardson, Publisher
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (plate): 110mm
    width (plate): 89mm
    height (print): 175mm
    width (print): 124mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of William King in right profile. He wears cloth hat, gown and necktie.

    Inscribed ‘Kane o Hara, Willm. King Archbishop of Dublin 1702 obit. 1729. Aet 74. Published Sep. 20th 1803, by Wm. Richardson, York House, 31 Strand.’ Pencilled ‘1705. 1/-.’

    William King (1650-1729) British clergyman, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1705.

    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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