Portrait of Francis Atterbury
Date
c.1715
Sitter
Francis Atterbury (1663 - 1732, British) , Clergyman
Creator
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Artist
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Dimensions
height (print): 240mm
width (print): 195mm
width (print): 195mm
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Description
Half-length portrait of Francis Atterbury, turned to the right [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer. With a curled wig, bands and episcopal robes, in an oval frame, with the coat of arms below. From a portrait by Godfrey Kneller.
Inscribed below: ‘G. Kneller Eq. Bar.t Pinx. M V. dr Gucht Sculp.
The R.t Reverend Father in God
FRANCIS LORD BISHOP OF ROCHESTER
And DEAN OF Westminster […]’
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.
Francis Atterbury (1663–1732), bishop of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below: ‘G. Kneller Eq. Bar.t Pinx. M V. dr Gucht Sculp.
The R.t Reverend Father in God
FRANCIS LORD BISHOP OF ROCHESTER
And DEAN OF Westminster […]’
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.
Francis Atterbury (1663–1732), bishop of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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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