Portrait of John Hunter
Date
c.1780
Sitter
John Hunter (1728 - 1793, British) , Anatomist and Surgeon, Surgeon
Creator
Henry Richard Cook (British) , Engraver
After
Robert Home (1752 - 1834, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of John Hunter, seated on an armchair before a covered table, right hand poised over a notebook with a writing quill and inkwells. Hunter’s left hand rests upon his knee and he regards the viewer directly. Hunter is shown with natural hair, and is dressed in a light gown secured by a button over his clothes. On the left as viewed is a sculpture bust in profile and a statue within an architectural niche.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.377 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below, Hunter’s name in the form of a facsimile signature: ‘Home. H. Cook. John Hunter F.R.S. FISHER, SON & Co. LONDON & PARIS.’
John Hunter (1728-1793) British surgeon and anatomist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.377 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below, Hunter’s name in the form of a facsimile signature: ‘Home. H. Cook. John Hunter F.R.S. FISHER, SON & Co. LONDON & PARIS.’
John Hunter (1728-1793) British surgeon and anatomist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's A history of the Royal Society, vol. 4... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
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