Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9559
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Portrait of Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton
Date
ca.1840
Sitter
Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton (1806 - 1881, British) , Palaeontologist
Creator
Frederick Christian Lewis (1779 - 1856, British) , Engraver
After
George Richmond (1809 - 1896, British) , Painter
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 299mm
width (print): 233mm
width (print): 233mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders full face portrait of Egerton.
Inscribed: “Drawn by George Richmond. Engraved by F.C.Lewis. Engraver of Drawings to the Queen.”. With a facsimile signature. Lower left in pencil “1831”
Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831.
Inscribed: “Drawn by George Richmond. Engraved by F.C.Lewis. Engraver of Drawings to the Queen.”. With a facsimile signature. Lower left in pencil “1831”
Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831.
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.19. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878. Marked “Private Plate”.
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