Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9576
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Portrait of Thomas Gresham
Date
1887
Sitter
Thomas Gresham (1513 - 1579, British) , Mercer
Creator - Organisation
Milton Smith & Co, Printmaker
After
Antonis Mor (1512 - 1580, Netherlandish) , Painter
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 288mm
width (print): 206mm
width (print): 206mm
Subject
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Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Gresham wearing a dark coat and cap with a ruff collar.
Inscribed: “MILTON SMITH & Co. LONDON. SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, Founder of the Royal Exchange and Gresham College. A Resident in Bishopsgate Ward. Born 1519. Died 1579. With the compliments of Henry Clarke, Chairman, Guildhall Library Committee. 28th November 1887.” Clarke’s signature is in manuscript and there is a facsimile signature of Thomas Gresham.
Thomas Gresham was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. He founded Gresham College in London, the Royal Society’s first home.
Inscribed: “MILTON SMITH & Co. LONDON. SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, Founder of the Royal Exchange and Gresham College. A Resident in Bishopsgate Ward. Born 1519. Died 1579. With the compliments of Henry Clarke, Chairman, Guildhall Library Committee. 28th November 1887.” Clarke’s signature is in manuscript and there is a facsimile signature of Thomas Gresham.
Thomas Gresham was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. He founded Gresham College in London, the Royal Society’s first home.
Object history
Presented 1887.
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