Portrait of William Cheselden
Date
1804
Sitter
William Cheselden (1688 - 1752, British) , Surgeon
Creator
After
Jonathan Richardson (1667 - 1745, British) , Artist
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Dimensions
height (print): 350mm
width (print): 190mm
width (print): 190mm
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Description
Head and shoulders reaction of William Cheselden, turned to the right [as viewed], looking right of the viewer. With a turban, a dark coat and a white necktie. From a portrait in from St. Thomas’ Hopsital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity.
Inscribed above: ‘European Magazine’
Inscribed below: ‘Painted by Richardson & Engraved by Riley
William Cheselden Esq.r
Published by J. Asperne at the Bible Crown & Constitution 32, Cornhill, 1 July 1804’
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 Cheselden (1688–1752), British surgeon and anatomist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1711.
Inscribed above: ‘European Magazine’
Inscribed below: ‘Painted by Richardson & Engraved by Riley
William Cheselden Esq.r
Published by J. Asperne at the Bible Crown & Constitution 32, Cornhill, 1 July 1804’
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 Cheselden (1688–1752), British surgeon and anatomist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1711.
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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