Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1973
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Portrait of John Hunter
Date
1788
Sitter
John Hunter (1728 - 1793, British) , Anatomist and Surgeon, Surgeon
Creator
William Sharp (1749 - 1824, British) , Engraver
After
Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 298mm
width (print): 236mm
width (print): 236mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Hunter, pensive, with his left hand resting at his chin. Detail of Joshua Reynolds’ portrait, now in the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Inscribed: “Reynolds Pinx.London, Published Jany. 1, 1788, by W.Sharp. Sharp Sculp”
John Hunter was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
Inscribed: “Reynolds Pinx.London, Published Jany. 1, 1788, by W.Sharp. Sharp Sculp”
John Hunter was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
Transcription
Reynolds Pinx.London, Published Jany. 1, 1788, by W.Sharp. Sharp Sculp
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.31. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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