Portrait of John Arbuthnot
Date
mid 18th century
Sitter
John Arbuthnot (1667 - 1735, British) , Physician
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Artist
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 151mm
width (print): 116mm
width (print): 116mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of John Arbuthnot, turned to the right [as viewed] and looking over to the left. He wears turban, shirt and gown. From a portrait in the Hunterian Art Gallery, The University of Glasgow.
Inscribed below: ‘J. Arburthnot M.D.
to front vol. 5’
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.
John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), British physician and satirist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1704.
Inscribed below: ‘J. Arburthnot M.D.
to front vol. 5’
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.
John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), British physician and satirist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1704.
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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