Portrait of Samuel Lysons
Date
1823
Sitter
Samuel Lysons (1763 - 1819, British) , Antiquary
Creator
William Bond (1772 - 1827, British ) , Engraver
After
William John Newton (1785 - 1869, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 140mm
width (print): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
Description
Half-length seated portrait showing Samuel Lysons turned slightly to the left, as viewed, with his face looking out towards the right. He is seen in a dark jacket and waistcoat with a white cravat around his neck. His left arm rests on a side table and draped curtains form the backdrop behind him, with a natural landscape just visible through a gap in the curtains by his right shoulder.
Annotated below: ‘Engraved for the History of the Town, from a miniature by Newton’
Samuel Lysons (1763-1819), British antiquary, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1797.
Annotated below: ‘Engraved for the History of the Town, from a miniature by Newton’
Samuel Lysons (1763-1819), British antiquary, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1797.