Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.19543

    Portrait of William Stukeley

    Date
    1721
    Sitter
    William Stukeley (1687 - 1765, British) , Antiquary
    Creator
    John Smith (1652 - 1743, British) , Engraver
    After
    Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 209mm
    width (print): 142mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of William Stukeley, turned to the right [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer. With a long, curled wig, dark coat and white neck-tie. In an oval frame.

    Inscribed below: ‘Guliemus Stukeley M.D.
    Collegii Medicorum et Societatis Regiae Londini Socius
    G Kneller Baronet pinx 1721 J Smith Fec et ex 1721’

    Engraving from MS/648/5 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.

    William Stukeley (1687-1765), antiquary and natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718.
    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.
    Related fellows
    Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
    Charles Turnor (1768 - 1853) , Collector
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