Portrait of Frederick Augusta Barnard
Date
ca.1850s
Sitter
Frederick Augusta Barnard (1738 - 1830) , Librarian
Creator
Samuel Williams Reynolds (1773 - 1835, British) , Engraver
After
John Baverstock Knight (1785, British) , Artist
Object type
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 340mm
width (print): 270mm
width (print): 270mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three quarter length portrait of Frederick Augusta Barnard, turned to the left [as viewed]. He wears a white cravat and dark overcoat, with star and badge of the Hanoverian Order attached, his right hand draped on his knee, his left on a large book atop a table. A patterned curtain is visible to the right behind him.
Inscribed below: ‘Painted by John Knight Engraved by S. W. Reynolds. Engraver to the King.
FRED. AUG. BARNARD.
ORD. REG. HANOV. GUELD. EQUES.
BIBLIOTHECAE A GEORGIO III. INSTITUTAE’
Sir Frederick Augusta Barnard (1743-1830) British Librarian was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1790. Librarian to George III (1760-1820), he oversaw the transfer of the King’s Library to the British Museum following his death.
Inscribed below: ‘Painted by John Knight Engraved by S. W. Reynolds. Engraver to the King.
FRED. AUG. BARNARD.
ORD. REG. HANOV. GUELD. EQUES.
BIBLIOTHECAE A GEORGIO III. INSTITUTAE’
Sir Frederick Augusta Barnard (1743-1830) British Librarian was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1790. Librarian to George III (1760-1820), he oversaw the transfer of the King’s Library to the British Museum following his death.
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