Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.9535
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    Portrait of William Coxe

    Date
    1786
    Sitter
    William Coxe (1748 - 1828, British) , Clergyman
    Creator
    Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827, British) , Artist
    After
    Charles Grignion II (1754 - 1804, British) , Painter
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    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 210mm
    width (print): 125mm
    Subject
    Description
    Oval head and shoulders portrait of Coxe in a fur trimmed robe.

    Inscribed: “EUROPEAN MAGAZINE WILLIAM COXE. A.M. F.R.S. Engav’d by Thos Holloway. Publish’d by J.Sewell Cornhill 1786.” General biographical notes in pencil, verso.

    William Coxe was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1782.
    Object history
    Inscribed in pencil verso “Presented by Mrs Barbara A. Holmes 29.1.64”.
    Associated place
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