Portrait of Robert Mylne
Date
1860
Sitter
Robert Mylne (1734 - 1811, British) , Architect
Creator
Henry Adlard (1799 - 1893, British) , Engraver
After
Maria Mylne (1772 - 1794, British) , Miniaturist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 273mm
width (print): 204mm
width (print): 204mm
Subject
Description
Profile portrait of Robert Mylne facing right, seen within an oval frame decorated below with laurel leaves and the Mylne coat of arms. The family motto in Latin reads 'Tam Arte Quam Marte' (As much by Skill as by Strength). Reproduction after a miniature by his daughter, Maria Mylne.
Inscribed below: 'From a Miniature by Maria Mylne, 1795.’ ‘Engraved by H.Adlard, 1860.’ ‘ROBERT MYLNE, F.R.S. / Member of the Academy of St Luke's at Rome_ The School of Design at Florence, and the Institute of Bologna. / Citizen of Rome_ London_ Edinburgh_ Glasgow_ Dunbarton_ / ARCHITECT_ ENGINEER_ SURVEYOR.’ ‘Architect of Blackfriars Bridge, / Engineer to the New River Company for 42 years, / Surveyor to St Paul's Cathedral for 50 years.’ ‘BORN IN EDINBURGH 1733_ DIED IN LONDON 1811.’ ‘Private Plate.’
Robert Mylne (1734–1811), British architect and engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
Inscribed below: 'From a Miniature by Maria Mylne, 1795.’ ‘Engraved by H.Adlard, 1860.’ ‘ROBERT MYLNE, F.R.S. / Member of the Academy of St Luke's at Rome_ The School of Design at Florence, and the Institute of Bologna. / Citizen of Rome_ London_ Edinburgh_ Glasgow_ Dunbarton_ / ARCHITECT_ ENGINEER_ SURVEYOR.’ ‘Architect of Blackfriars Bridge, / Engineer to the New River Company for 42 years, / Surveyor to St Paul's Cathedral for 50 years.’ ‘BORN IN EDINBURGH 1733_ DIED IN LONDON 1811.’ ‘Private Plate.’
Robert Mylne (1734–1811), British architect and engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.