Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.2093
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Portrait of William Jones
Sitter
William Jones (1746 - 1794, British) , Judge
Creator
James Posselwhite (1798 - 1884, British) , Engraver
After
Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792, British) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (print): 265mm
width (print): 182mm
width (print): 182mm
Description
Half length portrait of William Jones in a fur-trimmed robe with white lace neck-cloth and shirt cuffs. A book is held in his right hand, with the right arm resting against an architectural pillar.
Inscribed: “Engraved by J.Posselwhite, from the Picture in the Hall of University College, Oxford. SIR WILLIAM JONES. WILLIAM MACKENZIE, GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, LONDON & NEW YORK.” In pencil lower left “FRS 1772”.
Sir William Jones was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1772.
Inscribed: “Engraved by J.Posselwhite, from the Picture in the Hall of University College, Oxford. SIR WILLIAM JONES. WILLIAM MACKENZIE, GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, LONDON & NEW YORK.” In pencil lower left “FRS 1772”.
Sir William Jones was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1772.
Transcription
Engraved by J.Posselwhite, from the Picture in the Hall of University College, Oxford. SIR WILLIAM JONES. WILLIAM MACKENZIE, GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, LONDON & NEW YORK.” In pencil lower left “FRS 1772
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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