Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.1868

    Portrait of James Hook

    Date
    1836
    Sitter
    James Hook (1771 - 1828, British) , Priest
    Creator
    Samuel William Reynolds Jr (1794 - 1872, British) , Engraver
    After
    Richard Evans (1784 - 1871, British) , Artist
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 420mm
    width (print): 330mm
    Description
    Three-quarter length seated portrait of James Hook, facing out towards the viewer. He is depicted with a quill pen in his right hand and a small book in his left. Behind him is a large curtain with a landscape view of a clouded sky visible in the top left of the print.

    Inscribed below: ‘PAINTED BY R.EVANS./ENGRAVED BY S.W.REYNOLDS./THE VERY REVND JAMES HOOK, L.L.D, F.R.S. F.S.A./Dean of Worcester/Born 16th June 1771. Died 5th Feby 1828./Printed by Lahee & Co/PROOF/London Published September 14th 1836 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi and Co Printsellers to the Royal Family. 17 PALL MALL EAST.’

    James Hook (1771-1828), British priest, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
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