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Image number: RS.9663
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Portrait of George Parker
Date
1754
Sitter
George Parker (1697 - 1764, British) , Aristocrat
Creator
Thomas Hudson (1701 - 1779, British) , Painter
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 1270mm
width (painting): 1010mm
width (painting): 1010mm
Content object
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of Macclesfield, dressed in a grey, heavily brocaded coat over which he wears red and ermine robes, showing a lace collar and cuffs. Macclesfield is seated on a gilded chair with green upholstery surmounted by a coronet. To the viewer’s right is a table upon which rests a silver inkwell in the shape of a shell. This contains red sealing wax, with a quill pen in one of two glass bottles and a loose letter behind, the address leaf partially visible. Macclesfield holds a roll of paper in his right hand.
George Parker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1722, he served as its President from 1752 to 1764.
George Parker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1722, he served as its President from 1752 to 1764.
Transcription
GEO. EARL OF MACCLESFIELD, P.R.S
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GEORGE, EARL OF MACCLESFIELD (1697-1764) PRESIDENT 1762-64. By THOMAS HUDSON
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GEORGE, EARL OF MACCLESFIELD (1697-1764) PRESIDENT 1762-64. By THOMAS HUDSON
Object history
Presented by George Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, 1754.
In Council Minutes: “The President informed the Council, that as most of his Predecessors had given their Pictures to the Society, he had desired his own to be sent to their House as soon as finished, For which the Council returned his Lordship their Thanks“ [1Royal Society Council Minutes, Original, CMO/4, meeting of 17 October 1754, p.145].
In Council Minutes: “The President informed the Council, that as most of his Predecessors had given their Pictures to the Society, he had desired his own to be sent to their House as soon as finished, For which the Council returned his Lordship their Thanks“ [1Royal Society Council Minutes, Original, CMO/4, meeting of 17 October 1754, p.145].
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