Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.9579
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    Portrait of Stephen Groombridge

    Date
    19th century
    Sitter
    Stephen Groombridge (1755 - 1832, British) , Astronomer
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    Material
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 224mm
    width (print): 153mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Stephen Groombridge in a dark coat with an open waistcoat, high collar and neck cloth.

    Inscribed: “STEPN. GROOMBRIDGE, F.R.S.

    Stephen Groombridge was elected a Fellow of Royal Society in 1812.
    Object history
    Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.25. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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