Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.2106
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    Portrait of Robert John Kane

    Date
    ca. 1850
    Sitter
    Robert John Kane (1809 - 1809, Irish) , Chemist
    Creator
    Samuel Freeman (1773 - 1857, British) , Engraver
    After
    George Francis Mulvany (1809 - 1869, Irish) , Painter
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 261mm
    width (print): 177mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half length portrait of Robert John Kane seated in a round-backed armchair, looking to the viewer with head tilted. Kane is wearing a dark, high collared jacket, white shirt and a dark tie. He is shown against a panelled interior.

    Inscribed: “George F.Mulvany R.H.A. S.Freeman. SIR ROBERT KANE, M.D., F.R.S., M.R.I.A., PRESIDENT OF THE QUEEN’S COLLEGE, CORK.” With a facsimile signature.

    Sir Robert John Kane was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1849.
    Transcription
    George F.Mulvany R.H.A. S.Freeman. SIR ROBERT KANE, M.D., F.R.S., M.R.I.A., PRESIDENT OF THE QUEEN’S COLLEGE, CORK
    Object history
    Provenance unknown. Not noted in the Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918). purchased 1878.
    Associated place
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