Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.1865

    Portrait of Everard Home

    Date
    1810
    Sitter
    Everard Home, 1st Baronet (1756 - 1832, British) , Surgeon
    Creator
    William Sharp (1749 - 1824, British) , Engraver
    After
    William Beechey (1753 - 1839, British) , Painter
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 420mm
    width (print): 340mm
    Description
    Three-quarter length seated portrait of Everard Home turned slightly to his right. Home is wearing a double-breasted jacket and is seated with his right hand resting on a writing desk and his left hand holding a document in his lap. There are three inkpots, one with a quill pen in it, and a small pile of documents also on the desk. A large animal skull can be seen in the top left of the print.

    Inscribed below: ‘Painted by Sir W. Beechey R.A Portrait Painter to Her Majesty./SIR EVERARD HOME BART V.P.R.S.’

    Everard Home (1756 – 1832), British surgeon, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1787. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1807.
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