Portrait of John Ray
Date
1760
Sitter
John Ray (1627 - 1705, English) , Naturalist
Creator
William Hibbart (1720 - 1800, British) , Engraver
After
William Faithorne (1620 - 1691, British) , Painter
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 370mm
width (print): 265mm
width (print): 265mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of John Ray, turned to the right [as viewed], with an academic gown and white collar. In an oval frame.
Inscribed: ‘Joannes Rajus A.M
Societatis Regiae Socius
W. Hibbart Bathon Sculp, 1760’
Engraving from MS/648/3, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
John Ray (1627-1705), English naturalist and theologian, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1667.
Inscribed: ‘Joannes Rajus A.M
Societatis Regiae Socius
W. Hibbart Bathon Sculp, 1760’
Engraving from MS/648/3, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
John Ray (1627-1705), English naturalist and theologian, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1667.
Object history
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.
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