Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1974
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Portrait of John Hunter
Date
ca. 1820s
Sitter
John Hunter (1728 - 1793, British) , Anatomist and Surgeon, Surgeon
Creator
Georges Maile (1801, French) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 295mm
width (print): 235mm
width (print): 235mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Hunter in profile, in the form of a silhouette or possibly a sculpture bust. With a decorative border.
Inscribed: “JOHN HUNTER. Engraved by G.Maile.”
John Hunter was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
Inscribed: “JOHN HUNTER. Engraved by G.Maile.”
John Hunter was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
Transcription
JOHN HUNTER. Engraved by G.Maile
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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