Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.3257

    Portrait of Richard Rawlinson

    Date
    1803
    Sitter
    Richard Rawlinson (1690 - 1755, British) , Clergyman
    Creator
    Sylvester Harding (1745 - 1809, British) , Engraver
    After
    Unknown, Painter
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 155mm
    width (print): 135mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of Richard Rawlinson in loose clerical robes, bands and a shoulder-length wig. He is seen turned slightly to his left and is facing out towards the viewer. He is shown holding a dark hat in his right hand. Engraved after a painting by an unknown artist which Rawlinson donated to the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.

    Inscribed below: ‘RICHARD RAWLINSON, D.C.L. / From an Original Picture in the Bodleian / Gallery, Oxford. / Pub. Jan 20, 1803, by S. Harding, 127, Pall Mall.’

    Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755), British clergyman, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1714.
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