Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.2269
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Portrait of George Henry Law
Date
Early 19th century
Sitter
George Henry Law (1761 - 1845, British) , Clergyman
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
William Beechey (1753 - 1839, British) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 249mm
width (print): 187mm
width (print): 187mm
Subject
Description
Half length portrait of Law in a wig and clerical robes.
Inscribed: “The Right Revd. George Henry law D.D., F.R.S., LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER.” In pencil, lower left: “1814”
George Henry Laws was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1814.
Inscribed: “The Right Revd. George Henry law D.D., F.R.S., LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER.” In pencil, lower left: “1814”
George Henry Laws was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1814.
Transcription
The Right Revd. George Henry law D.D., F.R.S., LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER
1814
1814
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), p.44.
Associated place