Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.21420

    Portrait of Caleb Whitefoord

    Date
    1811
    Sitter
    Caleb Whitefoord (1734 - 1810, British) , Merchant
    Object type
    Library reference
    31094
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 203mm
    width (print): 120mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Caleb Whitefoord, turned to the left as viewed, eyes regarding the viewer. The sitter is shown with a short wig, wearing a fur-trimmed coat, high collared jacket and white cravat.

    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.29 (1811).

    Inscribed below: ‘CALEB WHITEFOORD, ESQR. F.R. & A.S. Late a Vice President of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, & Commerce. Engraved by Wm. Holl, from an original Painting by Stuart, in the Possession of Mrs. Whitefoord.’

    Caleb Whitefoord (1734-1810) British wine merchant and diplomatist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1784.
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