Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1732
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Portrait of Henry Herbert
Date
1762
Sitter
Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke and 6th Earl of Montgomery (1684 - 1750, British) , Architect
Creator
James Bretherton (1725 - 1806, British) , Draftsman
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 263mm
width (print): 196mm
width (print): 196mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait, the sitter looking to the viewer’s left, dressed in a wig, dark coat and white neck cloth.
Inscribed: “J. Bretherton, f. HENRY HERBERT EARL OF PEMBROKE”. In pencil lower left “1743”; lower right “1/-“.
Henry Herbert was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743.
Inscribed: “J. Bretherton, f. HENRY HERBERT EARL OF PEMBROKE”. In pencil lower left “1743”; lower right “1/-“.
Henry Herbert was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743.
Transcription
J. Bretherton, f. HENRY HERBERT EARL OF PEMBROKE
1743
1/-
1743
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.61. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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