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    Image number: RS.9656
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    Portrait of James Bradley

    Date
    ca. 1742-1747
    Sitter
    James Bradley (1692 - 1762, British) , Astronomer
    Creator
    Thomas Hudson (1701 - 1779, British) , Painter
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (painting): 766mm
    width (painting): 642mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of James Bradley in a painted oval, wearing in clerical dress, with bands and a shoulder length white wig.

    James Bradley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718.
    Transcription
    James Bradley
    JAMES BRADLEY F.R.S. (1693-1762) by THOMAS HUDSON
    Object history
    Presented by Samuel Peach, 1790.

    The gift is recorded in the Society’s Journal Book for the period: “A portrait of Dr. Bradley late Astronomer Royal & F.R.S. presented by the Revd. Mr. Peach.” [Royal Society Journal Book Original, JBO/34 meeting of 9 December 1790, p.222]. Samuel Peach, rector of Compton, Beauchamp, in Berkshire was the son-in-law of James Bradley.
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