Portrait of Thomas Charles Hope
Date
c.1830
Sitter
Thomas Charles Hope (1766 - 1844, British) , Chemist
Creator
Thomas Hodgetts (1776 - 1858, British) , Engraver
After
Henry Raeburn (1756 - 1823, Scottish) , Painter
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 400mm
width (print): 315mm
width (print): 315mm
Subject
Description
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Thomas Charles Hope in an armchair with a book in his right hand. He is shown in a dark jacket and waistcoat with a white shirt and cravat. He left hand rests on the arm of his chair, in front of a small table with a pile of documents on top.
Inscribed below: ‘SIR HENRY RAEBURN, PINXT/THOS HODGETTS, SCULPT/Published by David Hatton, Printseller to His Majesty, 98, Princes Street, Edinh/THOMAS CHARLES HOPE, M.D./V.P.R.S.E. F.R.S. H.M.R.I.A./Professor of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh./Dedicated by Permission to the Rt Honble Earl of Hopetoun/by his most obedient and very humble Servant/David Hatton’
Thomas Charles Hope (1766-1844), British chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1810.
Inscribed below: ‘SIR HENRY RAEBURN, PINXT/THOS HODGETTS, SCULPT/Published by David Hatton, Printseller to His Majesty, 98, Princes Street, Edinh/THOMAS CHARLES HOPE, M.D./V.P.R.S.E. F.R.S. H.M.R.I.A./Professor of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh./Dedicated by Permission to the Rt Honble Earl of Hopetoun/by his most obedient and very humble Servant/David Hatton’
Thomas Charles Hope (1766-1844), British chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1810.