Portrait of John Gray
Date
c.1800
Sitter
John Gray, Mathematician
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Thomas Hudson (1701 - 1779, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 315mm
width (print): 250mm
width (print): 250mm
Description
Three-quarter length seated portrait showing John Gray in a long jacket and stockings with a frilled cravat and cuffs. He is turned to the left and is facing out towards the viewer. His right elbow rests on the corner of an ornate table next to a small pile of books and a sheet of paper can be seen in his left hand. A curtain is visible behind him next to a stone window looking out onto a clouded sky.
Inscribed below: ‘John Gray Esq FRS’
John Gray (died 1769), British mathematician and naval officer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1732. He was a slave owner and profited from the forced labour of enslaved people working over 2,000 acres of land as Gray's Inn Plantation in Jamaica.
Inscribed below: ‘John Gray Esq FRS’
John Gray (died 1769), British mathematician and naval officer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1732. He was a slave owner and profited from the forced labour of enslaved people working over 2,000 acres of land as Gray's Inn Plantation in Jamaica.