Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1972
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Portrait of John Hunter
Date
19th century
Sitter
John Hunter (1728 - 1793, British) , Anatomist and Surgeon, Surgeon
Creator
H. Cook (British) , Engraver
After
Robert Home (1752 - 1834, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 115mm
width (print): 92mm
width (print): 92mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Half length portrait of Hunter, seated at a writing table holding a quill in his right hand, poised over a book, with inkwells on the table. His left hand rests on his knee. Hunter is shown wearing a loose single breasted coat with a single button. Behind is a large sculpture bust and a statue or casket in the form of a woman, possibly intended as an Egyptian mummy case.
The print is heavily cropped. The remains of an inscription are visible, “Home H Cook [e]?”. Inscribed in ink: “John Hunter FRS” and in pencil lower left “e.1767”.
John Hunter was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
The print is heavily cropped. The remains of an inscription are visible, “Home H Cook [e]?”. Inscribed in ink: “John Hunter FRS” and in pencil lower left “e.1767”.
John Hunter was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
Transcription
Home H Cook [e]?
John Hunter FRS
e.1767
John Hunter FRS
e.1767
Object history
Possibly the print noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.29.
Associated place