Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.21195

    Portrait of George Butler

    Date
    1854
    Sitter
    George Butler (1774 - 1853, British) , Schoolmaster
    Creator
    Richard James Lane (1800 - 1872, British) , Engraver
    Creator - Organisation
    M & N Hanhart, Lithographer
    After
    Frank William Wilkin (1791 - 1842, British) , Artist
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 230mm
    width (print): 175mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of George Butler inclined to the left as viewed and looking out at the viewer. Dressed in a black robe and white necktie, with natural hair.

    Inscribed: ‘F. W. WILKIN, 1882. M & N HANHART IMP. R. J. LANE. A. R. A. 1854./ THE REVD. GEORGE BUTLER.
    D. D. Head Master of Harrow School, from 1805 until 1829./ AFTERWARDS/ DEAN OF PETERBOROUGH.’

    George Butler (1774-1853), British schoolmaster and divine, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819.
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