Portrait of John Zephaniah Holwell
Date
c.1780
Sitter
John Zephaniah Holwell (1711 - 1798) , Surgeon
Creator
Unknown, Lithographer
After
Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 180mm
width (print): 180mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of John Zephaniah Holwell in a red jacket, looking towards the right, as viewed. Coloured lithograph after a painting by Joshua Reynolds.
Inscribed below: ‘JOHN ZEPHANIAH HOLWELL, F.R.S./1711-1798/Surgeon Calcutta/Conducted defence of Calcutta 1756,/Governor of Bengal 1760./(From a Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds,/in the Victoria Memorial Calcutta).’
John Zephaniah Holwell (1711 - 1798), British surgeon, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
Inscribed below: ‘JOHN ZEPHANIAH HOLWELL, F.R.S./1711-1798/Surgeon Calcutta/Conducted defence of Calcutta 1756,/Governor of Bengal 1760./(From a Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds,/in the Victoria Memorial Calcutta).’
John Zephaniah Holwell (1711 - 1798), British surgeon, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.