Portrait of James Thornhill
Date
mid 18th century
Sitter
James Thornhill (1675 - 1734, British) , Painter
Creator
John Faber (1694 - 1756, Dutch) , Engraver
After
Joseph Highmore (1692 - 1780, British) , Artist
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 175mm
width (print): 153mm
width (print): 153mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of James Thornhill, turned to the left [as viewed], directly looking out at the viewer. With a velvet coat, white cravat, and long wig in an oval frame. From a portrait by Joseph Highmore.
Inscribed below: ‘I Hihjmore pinx.t I. Faber fecit 1732
S.r James Thornhill Kn.t
of Thornhill in Dorset, Hist: Painter to his Maj.: King George & F.R.S.
Sold by J Faber: at ye Golden head Anno D.ni 1732 Aetat. 56 South side of Bloomsbury Square’
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.
Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734), British decorative painter, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1723.
Inscribed below: ‘I Hihjmore pinx.t I. Faber fecit 1732
S.r James Thornhill Kn.t
of Thornhill in Dorset, Hist: Painter to his Maj.: King George & F.R.S.
Sold by J Faber: at ye Golden head Anno D.ni 1732 Aetat. 56 South side of Bloomsbury Square’
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.
Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734), British decorative painter, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1723.
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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