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Image number: RS.9678
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Portrait of Benjamin Collins Brodie
Date
ca. 1860s
Sitter
Benjamin Collins Brodie (1783 - 1862, British) , Physiologist
Creator
Alfred Thompson (1828 - 1895, British) , Painter
After
George Frederick Watts (1817 - 1904, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 684mm
width (painting): 560mm
width (painting): 560mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Brodie, seated in a red-brown armchair. Dressed in a dark coat and waistcoat with a white shirt and black tie. Body turned slightly to the viewer’s right, Brodie looks directly to the viewer.
Benjamin Brodie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1810, he served as its President from 1858 to 1861.
Benjamin Brodie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1810, he served as its President from 1858 to 1861.
Transcription
Royal Society Sir C. Brodie after Watts R.A. by Alfred Thomson
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SIR BENJAMIN C. BRODIE, Pres.R.S. By A.THOMPSON after G.F.WATTS
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SIR BENJAMIN C. BRODIE, Pres.R.S. By A.THOMPSON after G.F.WATTS
Object history
Presented by Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie FRS (1817-1880), 1873.
Copy of an 1860 original by G.F.Watts. [Dated and reproduced as the frontispiece to Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, by Timothy Holmes (London, T.Fisher Unwin, 1898)]. The donation, by the second baronet and son of the sitter, is recorded in Council Minutes: “Sir B.C.Brodie offered a copy, by Alfred Thompson, of a portrait, by Watts, R.A., of the late Sir B.C.Brodie, Bart., formerly President of the Royal Society. Resolved, - That the best thanks of President and Council be returned to Sir B.C.Brodie for his gift.” [Royal Society Council Minutes, Printed, CMP/4, meeting of 30 October 1873, p.189].
Copy of an 1860 original by G.F.Watts. [Dated and reproduced as the frontispiece to Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, by Timothy Holmes (London, T.Fisher Unwin, 1898)]. The donation, by the second baronet and son of the sitter, is recorded in Council Minutes: “Sir B.C.Brodie offered a copy, by Alfred Thompson, of a portrait, by Watts, R.A., of the late Sir B.C.Brodie, Bart., formerly President of the Royal Society. Resolved, - That the best thanks of President and Council be returned to Sir B.C.Brodie for his gift.” [Royal Society Council Minutes, Printed, CMP/4, meeting of 30 October 1873, p.189].
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