Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9507
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Portrait of John Fortescue Aland
Date
1800
Sitter
John Fortescue Aland, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan (1670 - 1746, British) , Judge
Creator
Sylvester Harding (1745 - 1809, British) , Engraver
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 296mm
width (print): 229mm
width (print): 229mm
Description
Half length in legal robes and wig.
Inscribed below: “IOHN LORD FORTESCUE. Pubd. July 12 1800 by S.Harding 127 Pall Mall.” In pencil lower right “1/-“
John Fortescue Aland was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1711.
Inscribed below: “IOHN LORD FORTESCUE. Pubd. July 12 1800 by S.Harding 127 Pall Mall.” In pencil lower right “1/-“
John Fortescue Aland was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1711.
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.21. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased.