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Image number: RS.9660
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Portrait of Everard Home
Date
1829
Sitter
Everard Home, 1st Baronet (1756 - 1832, British) , Surgeon
Creator
Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 764mm
width (painting): 647mm
width (painting): 647mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Home, shown in a black coat worn over a yellow waistcoat, with a white shirt and cravat. Looking to the viewer’s left, against a red background.
Sir Everard Home was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1787.
Sir Everard Home was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1787.
Transcription
SIR EVERARD HOME, F.R.S., (1756-1832) by T.PHILLIPS, R.A.
Sr. Everard Home Bart. P.1829
1st F. 102
Sr. Everard Home Bart. P.1829
1st F. 102
Object history
Presented by Sir Everard Home (1798-1853) 2nd Baronet and son of the sitter.
The donation is recorded in a supplementary listing of presents received by the Society during 1832-1833: “Portrait of the late Sir Everard Home, Bart., V.P.R.S. [Donor] Capt. Sir E.Home.” ["Presents received by the Royal Society with the names of donors...from 15th November 1832 to 20th June 1833”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society vol.128 1838, supplement, p14].
The donation is recorded in a supplementary listing of presents received by the Society during 1832-1833: “Portrait of the late Sir Everard Home, Bart., V.P.R.S. [Donor] Capt. Sir E.Home.” ["Presents received by the Royal Society with the names of donors...from 15th November 1832 to 20th June 1833”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society vol.128 1838, supplement, p14].
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