Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.2189
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Portrait of John Jervis
Date
ca. 1830s
Sitter
John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent (1735 - 1823, British) , Naval officer
Creator
Henry Wallis (1804 - 1890, British) , Engraver
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Dimensions
height (print): 272mm
width (print): 187mm
width (print): 187mm
Description
Half-length portrait of Jervas in naval uniform with the ribbon and star of the Order of the Bath. Behind a scroll of paper before a seascape showing a line of Royal Navy ships.
Inscribed: “Engraved by H.Wallis. LORD ST. VINCENT. From a print by Barnard, after a Picture by Keenan. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight & Co. Ludgate Street. Printed by Alfred Adlard.” In pencil lower left “1809”.
Lord St.Vincent was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1809.
Inscribed: “Engraved by H.Wallis. LORD ST. VINCENT. From a print by Barnard, after a Picture by Keenan. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight & Co. Ludgate Street. Printed by Alfred Adlard.” In pencil lower left “1809”.
Lord St.Vincent was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1809.
Transcription
Engraved by H.Wallis. LORD ST. VINCENT. From a print by Barnard, after a Picture by Keenan. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight & Co. Ludgate Street. Printed by Alfred Adlard.
1809
1809
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.75. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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