Portrait of Owen Salusbury Brereton
Date
1801
Sitter
Owen Salusbury Brereton (1715 - 1798, British) , Antiquary
Creator
William Evans (British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
31094
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 130mm
width (print): 130mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Owen Salusbury Brereton, facing to the left as viewed. Shown in a short wig, wearing an unbuttoned jacket and a waistcoat, with a 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.19 (1801).
Inscribed below: ‘OWEN SALUSBURY BRERETON Esqr. F.R. & A.S late Vice President of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Engraved by W. Evans from an original Miniature furnished by the late John Holliday Esqr.’.
Owen Salusbury Brereton (1715-1798) British antiquary, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1762.
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.19 (1801).
Inscribed below: ‘OWEN SALUSBURY BRERETON Esqr. F.R. & A.S late Vice President of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Engraved by W. Evans from an original Miniature furnished by the late John Holliday Esqr.’.
Owen Salusbury Brereton (1715-1798) British antiquary, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1762.
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