Portrait of John Whitehurst
Date
1786
Sitter
John Whitehurst (1713 - 1788, British) , Instrument Maker
Creator
William Hopkins Craft (1730 - 1811, British) , Painter
After
Joseph Wright of Derby (1734, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 255mm
width (painting): 225mm
width (painting): 225mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of John Whitehurst in profile, seated at a drawingboard. Whitehurst is dressed in a brown coat and waistcoat with a white shirt. He holds a pencil in his right hand, over a geological drawing. The drawing is inscribed: ‘A section of the Strata at M….’ There is a landscape with a volcano behind him.
Painted inscription in white enamel, verso: “Portrait of John Whitehurst FRS. Author of an Inquiry Into the Original State and formation of the Earth and other Philosophical Works. W: H: Craft Fect.1786”.
Painting is in a gilt-metal laurel frame within ebonised wood.
John Whitehurst (1713-1788) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1779.
Painted inscription in white enamel, verso: “Portrait of John Whitehurst FRS. Author of an Inquiry Into the Original State and formation of the Earth and other Philosophical Works. W: H: Craft Fect.1786”.
Painting is in a gilt-metal laurel frame within ebonised wood.
John Whitehurst (1713-1788) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1779.
Object history
Presented to the Society by Sir Alexander Richardson Binnie (1839-1917), British civil engineer, 1897.
Original painting by Joseph Wright is at Derby Museum and Art Gallery (on loan from Mr. Nicholas Smith, 2007.)
Original painting by Joseph Wright is at Derby Museum and Art Gallery (on loan from Mr. Nicholas Smith, 2007.)