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Image number: RS.9351
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Portrait of Thomas Young
Date
ca. 1822
Sitter
Thomas Young (1773 - 1829, British) , Physicist
Creator
Henry Perronet Briggs (1791 - 1844, British) , Painter
After
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 920mm
width (painting): 715mm
width (painting): 715mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A half-length seated portrait of a greying Thomas Young, wearing a black coat and high white stock. The sitter holds spectacles or a magnifying glass in his right hand and wears spectacles hanging from a black ribbon. The background is a red cloth or draped hanging.
Thomas Young was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1794.
Thomas Young was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1794.
Transcription
THOMAS YOUNG, M.D., F.R.S. by H.P.BRIGGS, R.A. after SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A
JABEZ BENSON...gilder, Looking Glass Pict...MANUFACTURER...Street....”
JABEZ BENSON...gilder, Looking Glass Pict...MANUFACTURER...Street....”
Object history
Presented by Hudson Gurney, 1842.
The presentation is noted in Council Minutes: “The following note from Mr Gurney was read: - Mr Gurney has the honour to request the Council of the Royal Society to accept for their room a copy, by H.P.Briggs, Esq., R.A., of the Portrait of the late Dr Thomas Young, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, in his possession. St. James’s Square, April 6th, 1842.” [Royal Society Minutes of Council, Printed, volume 1, 1832-1846, p. 379, meeting of 12 May 1842. Original letter preserved as Royal Society Miscellaneous Correspondence, MC/3/211].
The presentation is noted in Council Minutes: “The following note from Mr Gurney was read: - Mr Gurney has the honour to request the Council of the Royal Society to accept for their room a copy, by H.P.Briggs, Esq., R.A., of the Portrait of the late Dr Thomas Young, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, in his possession. St. James’s Square, April 6th, 1842.” [Royal Society Minutes of Council, Printed, volume 1, 1832-1846, p. 379, meeting of 12 May 1842. Original letter preserved as Royal Society Miscellaneous Correspondence, MC/3/211].
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