Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9523
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Portrait of Joshua Brookes
Date
1833
Sitter
Joshua Brookes (1761 - 1833, British) , Anatomist
Creator
William Ward (1766 - 1826, British) , Engraver
After
Bryan Edward Duppa (1804 - 1866, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 253mm
width (print): 202mm
width (print): 202mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Brookes, half turned to the viewer’s right, dressed in a dark coat with a high shirt collar.
Inscribed verso, trimmed: “Joshua Brookes”. Backing sheet inscribed: “Joshua Brookes 1819
Joshua Brookes was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819.
Inscribed verso, trimmed: “Joshua Brookes”. Backing sheet inscribed: “Joshua Brookes 1819
Joshua Brookes was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819.
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.5. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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