Portrait of Zachary Pearce
Date
1754
Sitter
Zachary Pearce (1690 - 1774, British) , Clergyman
Creator
John Faber (1694 - 1756, Dutch) , Engraver
After
Thomas Hudson (1701 - 1779, British) , Artist
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Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 145mm
width (print): 145mm
Subject
Description
Seated portrait of Zachary Pearce, facing right [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer. With a curled wig, bands and episcopal robes, with the coat of arms below. From a portrait by Thomas Hudson.
Inscribed below: ‘T Hudson Pinx. 1754 I Faber Fecit
The R.t Reverend Father in God Zachary Pearce D. D.
& Lord Bishop of Bangor
Afterwards Bp. Of Rochester & Dean of Westminister’
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.
Zachary Pearce (1690–1774), bishop of Rochester, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1720.
Inscribed below: ‘T Hudson Pinx. 1754 I Faber Fecit
The R.t Reverend Father in God Zachary Pearce D. D.
& Lord Bishop of Bangor
Afterwards Bp. Of Rochester & Dean of Westminister’
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.
Zachary Pearce (1690–1774), bishop of Rochester, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1720.
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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