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Image number: RS.2082
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Portrait of Alexander Johnston
Date
1821
Sitter
Alexander Johnston (1775 - 1849, British) , Judge
Creator
Thomas A. Woolnoth (1785 - 1857, British) , Engraver
After
William Marshall Craig (1760 - 1834, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 276mm
width (print): 208mm
width (print): 208mm
Description
Half-length portrait of Johnston in a dark jacket and high white collar and stock. Apparently proffering a paper inscribed “CEYLON TRYAL BY JURY MISSIONARIES...”, in reference to his role as Advocate General and then Chief Justice of the Admiralty Court in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Inscribed: “W.M.Craig, del. T.Woolnoth, sculp. The Right Honble. Sir Alexr Johnston [name rendered as a facsimile signature] Knt. Chief Justice of the Admiralty Court in the Island of Ceylon. Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, 1821.” In pencil upper right “99” and lower left “1810”.
Sir Alexander Johnston was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1810.
Inscribed: “W.M.Craig, del. T.Woolnoth, sculp. The Right Honble. Sir Alexr Johnston [name rendered as a facsimile signature] Knt. Chief Justice of the Admiralty Court in the Island of Ceylon. Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, 1821.” In pencil upper right “99” and lower left “1810”.
Sir Alexander Johnston was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1810.
Transcription
W.M.Craig, del. T.Woolnoth, sculp. The Right Honble. Sir Alexr Johnston [name rendered as a facsimile signature] Knt. Chief Justice of the Admiralty Court in the Island of Ceylon. Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, 1821
99
1810
99
1810
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.35. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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