Portrait of Andrew Kippis
Date
1799
Sitter
Andrew Kippis (1726 - 1795, British) , Clergyman
Creator
William Ridley (1764 - 1838, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
Vernor & Hood, Publisher
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 165mm
width (plate): 112mm
height (print): 172mm
width (print): 120mm
width (plate): 112mm
height (print): 172mm
width (print): 120mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Andrew Kippis wearing mid-length wig with tricorn hat and dressed in buttoned jacket, waistcoat and necktie. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Engraved by Ridley from an Original Picture in the Possession of the Revd, Mr. Summer. Andrew Kippis, D.D. F.R.S. & S.A. Published as the Act directs by Vernor & Hood, 31 Poultry, Septr. 30. 1799.’
Andrew Kippis (1726-1795) British clergyman, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1779.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p39.
Inscribed ‘Engraved by Ridley from an Original Picture in the Possession of the Revd, Mr. Summer. Andrew Kippis, D.D. F.R.S. & S.A. Published as the Act directs by Vernor & Hood, 31 Poultry, Septr. 30. 1799.’
Andrew Kippis (1726-1795) British clergyman, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1779.
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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