Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1551
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Portrait of Henry Halford
Date
1838
Sitter
Henry Halford (1766 - 1844, British) , Physician
Creator
John Cochran (British) , Engraver
After
Henry Room (1802 - 1850, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 274mm
width (print): 184mm
width (print): 184mm
Subject
Description
Half length portrait of Henry Halford, seated, wearing a dark coat with a GCH award star at the left breast.
Inscribed: “H.Room. J.Cochran. SIR HENRY HALFORD, BART. G,C.H. President of the Royal College of Physicians. FISHER, SON & Co. LONDON & PARIS, 1838.” With a facsimile signature. Inscribed in pencil, lower left: “1810”; lower right “1/-“
Inscribed: “H.Room. J.Cochran. SIR HENRY HALFORD, BART. G,C.H. President of the Royal College of Physicians. FISHER, SON & Co. LONDON & PARIS, 1838.” With a facsimile signature. Inscribed in pencil, lower left: “1810”; lower right “1/-“
Transcription
H.Room. J.Cochran. SIR HENRY HALFORD, BART. G,C.H. President of the Royal College of Physicians. FISHER, SON & Co. LONDON & PARIS, 1838
1810
1/-
1810
1/-
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.30. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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