Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9516
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Portrait of Charles Blagden
Date
1816
Sitter
Charles Blagden (1748 - 1820, British) , Knight Physician, Physician
Creator
Mary Dawson Turner (1774 - 1850, British) , Printmaker
After
Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 258mm
width (print): 194mm
width (print): 194mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders near-profile portrait of Blagden, looking to the viewer’s left.
Inscribed: “Sr C Blagden”. Inscribed in pencil lower left “1772” and verso “pp 5/-“.
Sir Charles Blagden was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1772. He served as Secretary to the Royal Society 1784-1797.
Inscribed: “Sr C Blagden”. Inscribed in pencil lower left “1772” and verso “pp 5/-“.
Sir Charles Blagden was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1772. He served as Secretary to the Royal Society 1784-1797.
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.4. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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