Portrait of Archibald Billing
Date
1846
Sitter
Archibald Billing (1791 - 1881, British) , Physician
Creator
Charles Baugniet (1814, Belgian) , Lithographer
Object type
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 420mm
width (print): 320mm
width (print): 320mm
Subject
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Description
Seated portrait of Archibald Billing facing right [as viewed] and looking to the left of the viewer. He wears a white shirt, a black cravat, suit and dinner jacket, and holds a book ajar in his lap. Three more books are visible on a table behind him, and the cushioned arms of his chair are visible on either side.
Signed by Billing: ‘For J.P. Gassiot. F.R.S. with kind regards of A. Billing’ and inscribed below: ‘C Baugniet 1846 London’
Archibald Billing (1791-1881) British physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1844.
Signed by Billing: ‘For J.P. Gassiot. F.R.S. with kind regards of A. Billing’ and inscribed below: ‘C Baugniet 1846 London’
Archibald Billing (1791-1881) British physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1844.
Object history
From the John Peter Gassiot FRS (1797-1877) Collection, purchased 1878. Presented to Gassiot by Billing.
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