Portrait of Peter Vanderbank
Date
early 18th century
Sitter
Peter Vanderbank (1679 - 1732, French-English) , Engraver
Creator
George White (1645 - 1732, British) , Engraver
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Artist
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Dimensions
height (print): 170mm
width (print): 118mm
width (print): 118mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Peter Vanderbank, turned to the left [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer. With a dark robe, white necktie and curled wig, in an oval frame. From a portrait by Godfrey Kneller.
Inscribed below: ‘Peter Vanderbank Engraver
G White fecit’
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.
Peter Vanderbank (1649 - 1697), French-English engraver, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below: ‘Peter Vanderbank Engraver
G White fecit’
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.
Peter Vanderbank (1649 - 1697), French-English engraver, 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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