Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9519
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Portrait of Matthew Boulton
Date
1812
Sitter
Matthew Boulton (1728 - 1809, British) , Manufacturer
Creator
Antoine Cardon (1772 - 1813, Flemish) , Engraver
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Dimensions
height (print): 198mm
width (print): 197mm
width (print): 197mm
Subject
Description
Half length portrait.
Published by T Cadell & W Davies, 7 February 1812. Inscribed in pencil lower left “1785” and lower right “M Boulton”.
Matthew Boulton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1785.
Published by T Cadell & W Davies, 7 February 1812. Inscribed in pencil lower left “1785” and lower right “M Boulton”.
Matthew Boulton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1785.
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.6. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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