Portrait of Peter Templeman
Date
1799
Sitter
Peter Templeman (1711 - 1769, British) , Physician
Creator
William Evans (British) , Engraver
After
Richard Cosway (1742 - 1821, British) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
31094
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 130mm
width (print): 130mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Peter Templeman, head slightly inclined to the left as viewed. Shown in a short wig, en queue over his right shoulder. The sitter wears a buttoned jacket and white cravat. In an oval frame.
Frontispiece to Transactions of the Society, instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce… [Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts] v.17 (1799).
Inscribed below: ‘R.Conway Esqr. R.A. pinxt. Wm. Evans sculp. PETER TEMPLEMAN M.D. Principal Secretary of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Elected March 25 1760. Died September 21 1769. London. Published as the Act directs. August 1 1799’.
Peter Templeman (1711-1769) British physician and Secretary of the Society of Arts was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Frontispiece to Transactions of the Society, instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce… [Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts] v.17 (1799).
Inscribed below: ‘R.Conway Esqr. R.A. pinxt. Wm. Evans sculp. PETER TEMPLEMAN M.D. Principal Secretary of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Elected March 25 1760. Died September 21 1769. London. Published as the Act directs. August 1 1799’.
Peter Templeman (1711-1769) British physician and Secretary of the Society of Arts was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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