Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9561
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Portrait of Thomas Flatman
Date
18th century
Sitter
Thomas Flatman (1635 - 1688, British) , Miniature painter
Creator
Anthony Walker (1726 - 1765, British) , Engraver
After
John Hayls (1595 - 1679, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 182mm
width (print): 136mm
width (print): 136mm
Subject
Description
Oval head and shoulders portrait looking to the viewer’s left.
Inscribed: “THOMAS FLATMAN Hayls pinxit A.Walker Sculpt.” Inscribed in pencil lower left “1668” and lower right “1".
Thomas Flatman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1668.
Inscribed: “THOMAS FLATMAN Hayls pinxit A.Walker Sculpt.” Inscribed in pencil lower left “1668” and lower right “1".
Thomas Flatman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1668.
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.21. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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