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    Image number: RS.9509
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    Portrait of Joseph Ames

    Date
    1810
    Sitter
    Joseph Ames (1689 - 1759, British) , Antiquary
    Creator
    Thomas Hodgetts (1776 - 1858, British) , Painter
    After
    Robert Laurie (1755 - 1836, British) , Engraver
    Object type
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    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 227mm
    width (print): 164mm
    Subject
    Content object
    Description
    Three quarter length seated portrait holding a quill pen in his right hand with this arm resting on a table, upon which is an open book. Large shelved volumes behind, one with the spine title “Art of Printing”. Coat of arms upper right.

    Inscribed below: “THOS.HODGETTS SCULPT. JOSEPH AMES, F.R.S. & F.S.A. In pencil lower left “1743”.

    Joseph Ames was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743.
    Object history
    Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.2. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased.
    Associated place
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