Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1678
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Portrait of Thomas Haselden
Date
1740
Sitter
Thomas Haselden (British) , Mathematician
Creator
John Faber (1694 - 1756, Dutch) , Printmaker
After
Thomas Frye (1710 - 1762, Irish) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 214mm
width (print): 171mm
width (print): 171mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait, oval, Haselden wearing a shoulder length wig, with a loose gown over a buttoned coat or waistcoat and a white neck-cloth. A coat of arms appears below the main image.
Inscribed: “Thomas Haselden, F.R.S, Head Master of the Royal Academy at Portsmouth. T Frye pinxt. 1735. J. Faber fecit, 1740.” In pencil lower left “1739”; lower right “2/6”.
Thomas Haselden was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1739.
Inscribed: “Thomas Haselden, F.R.S, Head Master of the Royal Academy at Portsmouth. T Frye pinxt. 1735. J. Faber fecit, 1740.” In pencil lower left “1739”; lower right “2/6”.
Thomas Haselden was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1739.
Transcription
Thomas Haselden, F.R.S, Head Master of the Royal Academy at Portsmouth. T Frye pinxt. 1735. J. Faber fecit, 1740.
1739
2/6
1739
2/6
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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