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
    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.
    Transcription
    P. Rothwell Sculpt. CHAS.LEIGH M.D. 1685. Published 1812. By Wm.Richardson, York House Strand.
    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.
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