Portrait of Peter King, 1st Baron King of Ockham
Date
1724
Sitter
1st Baron King of Ockham Peter King (1669 - 1734, British) , Politician
Creator
George Vertue (1684 - 1756, British) , Engraver
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Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 175mm
width (print): 175mm
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Description
Half-length portrait of Peter King, 1st Baron King of Ockham, turned to the left [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer. With a long, curled wig and furred mantle. In an oval frame, on a plinth bearing the King coat of arms.
Inscribed below: The Right Honourable Sr. Peter King Knight, Lord Chief Justice of his Maj.ties Court of Common Pleas, and one of his Maj.ties most Honourable Privy Council A. D. 1724’
Engraving from MS/648/4, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Peter King, 1st Baron King (c.1699-1734), lord chancellor, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1728.
Inscribed below: The Right Honourable Sr. Peter King Knight, Lord Chief Justice of his Maj.ties Court of Common Pleas, and one of his Maj.ties most Honourable Privy Council A. D. 1724’
Engraving from MS/648/4, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Peter King, 1st Baron King (c.1699-1734), lord chancellor, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1728.
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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