Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9554
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Portrait of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
Date
1860
Sitter
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800 - 1867, British) , Astronomer
Creator
Stephen Catterson Smith (1806 - 1872, Irish) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 1424mm
width (painting): 1121mm
width (painting): 1121mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three quarter length seated portrait of Lord Rosse, wearing spectacles and looking directly to the viewer, hands clasped lightly at his lap. Rosse wears a dark suit, a white shirt and tie and the blue ribbon and star of the Order of St Patrick. He is painted on a high red leather armchair with a side table upon which rests a book.
Lord Rosse was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831, he served as its President from 1848 to 1854.
Lord Rosse was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831, he served as its President from 1848 to 1854.
Transcription
THE EARL OF ROSSE (1800-1867) PRESIDENT 1848-54 by J. CATTERSON SMITH
Object history
Presented by the sitter, 1860.
“The President announced that the Earl of Rosse had presented to the Society his Portrait, painted by Mr Catterson Smith of Dublin, and that the picture now occupies an appropriate place in the Meeting Room...” [Royal Society Minutes of Council, Printed, CMP/3 1858-1869, p.47, meeting of 27 January 1860].
“The President announced that the Earl of Rosse had presented to the Society his Portrait, painted by Mr Catterson Smith of Dublin, and that the picture now occupies an appropriate place in the Meeting Room...” [Royal Society Minutes of Council, Printed, CMP/3 1858-1869, p.47, meeting of 27 January 1860].
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