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Image number: RS.9668
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Portrait of Taylor Combe
Date
ca. 1810
Sitter
Taylor Combe (1774 - 1826, British) , Numismatist
Creator
George Francis Joseph (1764 - 1846, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 610mm
width (painting): 510mm
width (painting): 510mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Taylor Combe, wearing a black coat and high white stock and shirt. Natural hair, lightly curled.
Taylor Combe was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1807.
Taylor Combe was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1807.
Transcription
Taylor Combe
TAYLOR COMBE, F.R.S. (1774-1826) PAINTER UNKNOWN.
TAYLOR COMBE, F.R.S. (1774-1826) PAINTER UNKNOWN.
Object history
Presented by J E Gray FRS, 1873.
Two letters from J.E.Gray note the presentation and give some background to this work: “The portrait of Mr Combe was given to me by Mr. Charles Tooke, his nephew, the son of his sister and T.Tooke, Esq. The author of “Prices”. Mr Combe married the daughter of Dr. E.W.Gray, Sec.R.S., my uncle. I believe the Portrait of Mr.T.Combe is by Joseph who painted all the family“ [Original letters in the Royal Society’s archives, J.E.Gray, 8 August 1873 and 13 August 1873 to the Secretary of the Royal Society, Miscellaneous Correspondence MC/10/10 and 12. Extracted in the printed List of portraits and busts and catalogue of medals in the possession of the Royal Society..(London, Harrison for the Royal Society, 1892), p.3].
Gray presented this portrait, together with an oil painting of John George Children FRS.
Two letters from J.E.Gray note the presentation and give some background to this work: “The portrait of Mr Combe was given to me by Mr. Charles Tooke, his nephew, the son of his sister and T.Tooke, Esq. The author of “Prices”. Mr Combe married the daughter of Dr. E.W.Gray, Sec.R.S., my uncle. I believe the Portrait of Mr.T.Combe is by Joseph who painted all the family“ [Original letters in the Royal Society’s archives, J.E.Gray, 8 August 1873 and 13 August 1873 to the Secretary of the Royal Society, Miscellaneous Correspondence MC/10/10 and 12. Extracted in the printed List of portraits and busts and catalogue of medals in the possession of the Royal Society..(London, Harrison for the Royal Society, 1892), p.3].
Gray presented this portrait, together with an oil painting of John George Children FRS.
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