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    Image number: RS.9701
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    Portrait of Paul Buissiere

    Date
    ca. 1730s
    Sitter
    Paul Buissiere (1650 - 1739, French ) , Surgeon
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (painting): 764mm
    width (painting): 638mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Paul Buissiere in a painted oval, half-turned to the right as viewed. Buissiere wears a brown coat with gold buttons, with a white neck-cloth and shoulder-length brown wig.

    Paul Buissiere was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1699.
    Transcription
    PAUL BUISSIERE ESQ., F.R.S.
    Paul Buissiere
    S15
    No.8
    PAUL BUISSIERE F.R.S. (Elected 1698) PAINTER UNKNOWN
    Object history
    Presented by Peter Buissiere, 1770.

    The donation was noted in the Society’s Journal Book: “These presents were delivered at the Table. 1. The Pourtrait of Paul Buissiere Esq. formerly a Member of this Society, presented by his nephew Peter Buissiere Esq.“ [Royal Society Journal Book, Original, JBO/27, meeting of 8 November 1770, p.331]; and in the annual list of presents within the Philosophical Transactions. [“Presents made to the Royal Society in the year 1770; with the names of donors”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.60 (1770), p.xv].
    Associated place
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