Portrait of William Cowper
Date
c.1700
Sitter
William Cowper (1661 - 1709, British) , Surgeon
Creator
John Smith (1652 - 1743, British) , Engraver
After
John Baptist Closterman (1660, German) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 325mm
width (print): 280mm
width (print): 280mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of William Cowper, dressed in a wig, shawl and necktie, presented in an oval frame.
Inscribed: ‘Gulielmus Cowper Chyrurgus/ I: Closterman pinxit I: Smith fecit’ with further handwritten annotation ‘F.R.S. 1698’.
William Cowper (c.1666 – 1709), British surgeon, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1699.
Inscribed: ‘Gulielmus Cowper Chyrurgus/ I: Closterman pinxit I: Smith fecit’ with further handwritten annotation ‘F.R.S. 1698’.
William Cowper (c.1666 – 1709), British surgeon, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1699.
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