Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.2956

    Portrait of Francis Palgrave

    Date
    1823
    Sitter
    Francis Palgrave (1788 - 1861, British) , Historian
    Creator
    Mary Dawson Turner (1774 - 1850, British) , Printmaker
    After
    Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845, British) , Artist
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 180mm
    width (print): 140mm
    Subject
    Description
    Profile portrait of Francis Palgrave in a Jacket, shirt and cravat. He is shown facing towards his right and is seen with neat wavy hair. Print etched by Palgrave’s mother-in-law, after whom he took his surname (after her maiden name), having been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society under the name Francis Cohen.

    Inscribed below: ‘Francis Palgrave ESQ 1823.’ ‘TP. ESQ R.A. delt.’

    Francis Palgrave (1788-1861), British historian and archivist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
    Powered by CollectionsIndex+/CollectionsOnline