Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.19561

    Portrait of Samuel Horsley

    Date
    18th century
    Sitter
    Samuel Horsley (1733 - 1806, British) , Clergyman
    Creator
    Unknown, Engraver
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 275mm
    width (print): 205mm
    Subject
    Description
    Seated portrait of Samuel Horsley, turned to the left as viewed, looking directly out at the viewer. With a curled wig, bands and episcopal robes, holding a book in one hand. Behind, writing equipment is visible.

    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.

    Samuel Horsley (1733–1806), bishop of St Asaph, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
    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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