Portrait of Richard Price
Date
1903
Sitter
Richard Price (1723 - 1791, British) , Philosopher
Creator - Organisation
Campbell & Gray, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 180mm
width (print): 140mm
width (print): 140mm
Subject
Description
Monochrome photograph of a half-length painted portrait of Richard Price. Price is shown wearing a black jacket and is turned slightly towards his right. He is seen holding a letter in his hands, with his spectacles also visible in his right hand. Published photograph of the Royal Society portrait of Richard Price by Benjamin West.
Inscribed below: ‘Campbell & Gray’ ’17. CHEAPSIDE / LONDON, E.C.’
Richard Price (1723-1791), British philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1765.
Inscribed below: ‘Campbell & Gray’ ’17. CHEAPSIDE / LONDON, E.C.’
Richard Price (1723-1791), British philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1765.
Object history
Photograph produced for an edition of Social England by Henry Duff Traill (1842-1900), to be published by Cassell. Permission was requested to reproduce the Royal Society portraits of James Bradley, Humphry Davy, Richard Price and John Pringle which was granted in March 1903. [Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society, CMP/8/54, meeting of 19 March 1903, p.388].
