Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.21156

    Portrait of William Cowper

    Date
    Mid 18th century
    Sitter
    William Cowper (1661 - 1709, British) , Surgeon
    Creator
    Thomas Johnson (1708 - 1767, British) , Engraver
    After
    Henry Overton (1676 - 1751, British) , Printer
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 350mm
    width (print): 250mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of William Cowper, dressed in a wig, decorative jacket and necktie, presented in an oval frame.

    Inscribed: ‘The Right Hon.ble William Lord Cowper Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain/ Tho. Johnson fecit. Printed & Sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate.’

    William Cowper (c.1666 – 1709), British surgeon, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1699.
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