Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1657
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Portrait of John Harris
Date
1719
Sitter
John Harris (1661 - 1719, British) , Science writer
Creator
George Vertue (1684 - 1756, British) , Printmaker
After
Anthony Russel (1655 - 1743, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 267mm
width (print): 208mm
width (print): 208mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait in gown, wig and falling bands. Oval surround with decorative acanthus top, engraved inscription within the surround, and coat of arms below.
Inscribed: “IOHANNES HARRIS SAC. THEO. Pro. & R.S.S. A,Russel pinxit Geo: Vertue Sculp: 1719.” In pencil lower left “1696*
Originally printed in Harris’s The history of Kent in Five Parts: volume 1 (London, 1719).
John Harris was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1696.
Inscribed: “IOHANNES HARRIS SAC. THEO. Pro. & R.S.S. A,Russel pinxit Geo: Vertue Sculp: 1719.” In pencil lower left “1696*
Originally printed in Harris’s The history of Kent in Five Parts: volume 1 (London, 1719).
John Harris was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1696.
Transcription
IOHANNES HARRIS SAC. THEO. Pro. & R.S.S. A,Russel pinxit Geo: Vertue Sculp: 1719.”
1696
1696
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.32. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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