Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.2273
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Portrait of Charles Leigh
Date
1812
Sitter
Charles Leigh (1662 - 1701, British) , Physician
Creator
P. Rothwell (British) , Engraver
After
William Faithorne (1620 - 1691, British) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 297mm
width (print): 239mm
width (print): 239mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Leigh in a shoulder length wig and bands.
Inscribed: “P. Rothwell Sculpt. CHAS.LEIGH M.D. 1685. Published 1812. By Wm.Richardson, York House Strand.” In pencil, lower left: “1685”
Charles Leigh was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685.
Inscribed: “P. Rothwell Sculpt. CHAS.LEIGH M.D. 1685. Published 1812. By Wm.Richardson, York House Strand.” In pencil, lower left: “1685”
Charles Leigh was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685.
Transcription
P. Rothwell Sculpt. CHAS.LEIGH M.D. 1685. Published 1812. By Wm.Richardson, York House Strand.
1685
1685
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), p.43.
Associated place