Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9506
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Portrait of Charles Abbot, 1st Baron of Colchester
Date
1793
Sitter
Charles Abbot 1st Baron Colchester (1757 - 1829, British) , Barrister
Creator
Charles Picart (1780 - 1837, British) , Engraver
After
James Northcote (1746 - 1831, British) , Painter
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 279mm
width (print): 188mm
height (paper): 279mm
width (paper): 188mm
width (print): 188mm
height (paper): 279mm
width (paper): 188mm
Description
Half length portait of Charles Abbot in legal robes and wig.
Inscribed: “THE RIGHT HON: CHARLES ABBOT, D.C.L. & F.R.S., Speaker to the House of Commons. From an original Picture by J.NORTHCOTE, ESQ. R.A. in the possession of the Hon: Society of the Middle Temple. Drawn by J.Jackson, Engraved by C.Picart. In pencil lower left “1793”. Image and caption pasted to a backing sheet.
Charles Abbot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1793.
Inscribed: “THE RIGHT HON: CHARLES ABBOT, D.C.L. & F.R.S., Speaker to the House of Commons. From an original Picture by J.NORTHCOTE, ESQ. R.A. in the possession of the Hon: Society of the Middle Temple. Drawn by J.Jackson, Engraved by C.Picart. In pencil lower left “1793”. Image and caption pasted to a backing sheet.
Charles Abbot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1793.
Object history
Purchase of this engraving is noted in the 'Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society', by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), p.2.