Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.21185

    Portrait of Isaac Hawkins Browne

    Date
    early 19th century
    Sitter
    Isaac Hawkins Browne (1745 - 1818) , Poet
    Creator
    James Fittler (1758 - 1835, British) , Engraver
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 460mm
    width (print): 330mm
    Subject
    Description
    Seated portrait of Isaac Hawkins Browne at a writing desk, turning from an open book and writing implements, to look towards the viewer. Dressed in a dark jacket over a white shirt and necktie.

    Inscribed: ‘ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE ESQR./ Born 7 Decr 1745 Died 30 May 1818./ JAMES FITTLER SCULP A.R.A. ENGRAVER TO HIS MAJESTY.’ With further handwritten annotation ‘1770’.

    Isaac Hawkins Browne (1745-1818), British poet and politician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1770.
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