Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.3043

    Portrait of William Hasledine Pepys

    Date
    1836
    Sitter
    William Hasledine Pepys (1775 - 1856, British) , Instrument maker
    Creator
    William Drummond (British) , Lithographer
    After
    Walter, Painter
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 105mm
    width (print): 105mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait showing William Hasledine Pepys in a dark jacket, white shirt and silk cravat. He is shown turned slightly towards his right and is looking out towards the viewer. He is seen with dark, curly hair and wears a tasselled cord across his chest, possibly for a cape.

    Inscribed below: ‘Walter Pinxt.’ ‘Wm Hasledine Pepys’ ‘Athenæum Portraits No34.’ ‘Day & Haghe Lithrs. to the King.’ ‘London, Pubd. May 1836, by Thos. Mc.Lean 26 Haymarket.’

    William Hasledine Pepys (1775-1856), British surgical instrument maker and natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1808.
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