Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9517
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Portrait of John Bostock
Date
19th century
Sitter
John Bostock (1773 - 1846, British) , Physician
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 115mm
width (print): 96mm
width (print): 96mm
Subject
Description
Half length portrait of Bostock, seated wearing spectacles and holding an open bok in his right hand. .
Inscribed below in ink: “J. Bostock MD FRS”. Inscribed in pencil lower left “1818”.
John Bostock was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1818.
Inscribed below in ink: “J. Bostock MD FRS”. Inscribed in pencil lower left “1818”.
John Bostock was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1818.
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.9. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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