Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.21188

    Portrait of William Buckland

    Date
    1833
    Sitter
    William Buckland (1784 - 1856, British) , Dean of Westminster, Geologist
    Creator
    Samuel Cousins (1801 - 1887, British) , Engraver
    After
    Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845, British) , Artist
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 430mm
    width (print): 330mm
    Subject
    Description
    Three-quarter length portrait of William Buckland holding an animal’s skull and looking to the left, wearing academic robes over a dinner jacket. Behind, a map of Kirkdale Cave by his own design is visible, as well as a collection of fossils.

    Inscribed: ‘Painted by Thomas Phillips Esqre. R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins./ THE REVEREND WILLIAM BUCKLAND. D.D. F.R.S./ Canon of Christ Church./ And Professor of Geology and Minerology in the University of Ocxford./ 1833./ London Published May 20th 1833 by Molteno & Graves, 20 Pall Mall.’ With further handwritten annotation ‘1818’.

    William Buckland (1784–1856), geologist and dean of Westminster, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1818.
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