Portrait of John Ker
1741
1st Duke of Roxburghe John Ker (1675 - 1741, British) , Politician
John Faber the younger (1694 - 1756, Dutch) , Engraver
Jonathan Richardson the elder (1665 - 1745, British) , Painter
height (print): 242mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Three quarter length portrait of John Ker, his hand resting on a nearby table, looking directly out at the viewer. He wears a wig, a white, lace collar, decorative shawls, and several medals across his torso.
Inscribed below: ‘J Richardson pinx 1725 J Faber fecit 1741
His Grace John Duke of Roxburgh &c.
Principall Secretary of State to her Majesty Queen Ann in 1704. And appointed by his Majesty King George the 1st on his Accession to the Crown […]’
Engraving from MS/648/2, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe (c.1680-1741), Scottish politician and Secretary of State, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1707.
Inscribed below: ‘J Richardson pinx 1725 J Faber fecit 1741
His Grace John Duke of Roxburgh &c.
Principall Secretary of State to her Majesty Queen Ann in 1704. And appointed by his Majesty King George the 1st on his Accession to the Crown […]’
Engraving from MS/648/2, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe (c.1680-1741), Scottish politician and Secretary of State, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1707.
Charles Turnor presented his Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men … to the Royal Society in 1837.