Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1900
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Portrait of William Jackson Hooker
Date
1813
Sitter
William Jackson Hooker (1785 - 1865, British) , Botanist
Creator
Mary Dawson Turner (1774 - 1850, British) , Printmaker
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 298mm
width (print): 221mm
width (print): 221mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Hooker in profile, looking to the viewer’s right.
Inscribed below: “W.J.HOOKER ESQ. F.R.A. & L.S. 1813.”
William Jackson Hooker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
Inscribed below: “W.J.HOOKER ESQ. F.R.A. & L.S. 1813.”
William Jackson Hooker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
Transcription
W.J.HOOKER ESQ. F.R.A. & L.S. 1813
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.30. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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