Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9568
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Portrait of John Fryer
Date
ca.1698
Sitter
John Fryer (1659 - 1733, British) , Traveller
Creator
Robert White (1645 - 1703, British) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 254mm
width (print): 162mm
width (print): 162mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of John Fryer in an acanthus-decorated oval frame with a coat of arms below.
Inscribed: “R.White ad vivum delin et sculpsit. JOHANNES FRYER M.D. Societatis Regiae Lond. Socius. In pencil lower left “1697” an dlower right “3/-“.
John Fryer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1697.
Inscribed: “R.White ad vivum delin et sculpsit. JOHANNES FRYER M.D. Societatis Regiae Lond. Socius. In pencil lower left “1697” an dlower right “3/-“.
John Fryer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1697.
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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