Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9525
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Portrait of Charles Burney
Date
1784
Sitter
Charles Burney (1726 - 1814, British) , Musician
Creator
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815, Italian) , Engraver
After
Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 266mm
width (print): 204mm
width (print): 204mm
Subject
Description
Half length portrait of Burney holding a rolled musical score.
Inscribed: Sir Joshua Reyneolds pinxt. F.Bartolozzi Sculpt. CHARLES BURNEY MUS: DOCT: OXON. F.R.S. Publish’d as the Act directs April 1st 1784.” In pencil lower left “1773”.
Charles Burney was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1773.
Inscribed: Sir Joshua Reyneolds pinxt. F.Bartolozzi Sculpt. CHARLES BURNEY MUS: DOCT: OXON. F.R.S. Publish’d as the Act directs April 1st 1784.” In pencil lower left “1773”.
Charles Burney was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1773.
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.8. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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