Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1959
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Portrait of Abraham Hume
Date
1830
Sitter
Abraham Hume (1749 - 1838, British) , Art collector
Creator
Joseph John Jenkins (1811 - 1885, British) , Engraver
After
Henry Edridge (1769 - 1821, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 260mm
width (print): 176mm
width (print): 176mm
Subject
Description
Half length portrait of Hume seated in front of a large volume or portfolio of prints, one of which he holds. Dressed in a dark coat with a light waistcoat, white shirt and neck cloth. An eyeglass is held by ribbon to his coat. Background details of drapery and a frame.
Inscribed: “painted by H.Eldridge. Engraved by J. Jenkins. SIR ABRAHAM HUME, BART. F.R.S. – S.A. FISHER, SON &Co. LONDON, 1830.” With a facsimile signature. Inscribed in pencil lower left “1775” and lower right “1/-“.
Sir Abraham Hume was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775.
Inscribed: “painted by H.Eldridge. Engraved by J. Jenkins. SIR ABRAHAM HUME, BART. F.R.S. – S.A. FISHER, SON &Co. LONDON, 1830.” With a facsimile signature. Inscribed in pencil lower left “1775” and lower right “1/-“.
Sir Abraham Hume was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775.
Transcription
painted by H.Eldridge. Engraved by J. Jenkins. SIR ABRAHAM HUME, BART. F.R.S. – S.A. FISHER, SON &Co. LONDON, 1830
1775
1/-
1775
1/-
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.30. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
Associated place