Portrait of Hans Sloane
Date
1716
Sitter
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
Creator
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 762mm
width (painting): 629mm
width (painting): 629mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Hans Sloane in a painted oval, body turned to the left as viewed. Sloane wears a shoulder-length grey wig, brown coat and has a white lace-trimmed neck-cloth.
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), Irish physician and collector, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685, served on its Council from 1690 and as its president from 1727-1741. He was a famous collector, and in building and researching his plant, animal and curio specimen collection, he is known to have relied on contacts involved in colonial networks, and often indigenous and enslaved peoples.
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), Irish physician and collector, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685, served on its Council from 1690 and as its president from 1727-1741. He was a famous collector, and in building and researching his plant, animal and curio specimen collection, he is known to have relied on contacts involved in colonial networks, and often indigenous and enslaved peoples.
Transcription
Sr. Hans Sloane Baronet 1716
SR. HANS SLOANE
Exhibition of portraits of Great Irish men and women, Ulster Museum, Belfast, 24th June-24th July 1965. No.201. Lent by the Royal Society.
James Bourlet and Sons Ltd., Fine Art packers, frame makers. N.28754
R.Society frame 2
SIR HANS SLOANE, Bart., Pres.R.S. by SIR GODFREY KNELLER.
SR. HANS SLOANE
Exhibition of portraits of Great Irish men and women, Ulster Museum, Belfast, 24th June-24th July 1965. No.201. Lent by the Royal Society.
James Bourlet and Sons Ltd., Fine Art packers, frame makers. N.28754
R.Society frame 2
SIR HANS SLOANE, Bart., Pres.R.S. by SIR GODFREY KNELLER.
Object history
Presented by Sir Hans Sloane, 1716.
Noted in the Society’s Journal Book: “Sir Hans Sloane’s Picture was presented by him to the Society for which he received their Thanks”. [Royal Society Journal Book, Original, JBO/12, meeting of 6 December 1716, p.136].
President and Council agree to loan portrait of Sir Hans Sloane along with portraits of Dr Wollaston and Dr E W Gray to the Nottingham Art Gallery, 1892. Letter from Herbert Rix to G H Wallis, Jul 1892. NLB/6/728
Noted in the Society’s Journal Book: “Sir Hans Sloane’s Picture was presented by him to the Society for which he received their Thanks”. [Royal Society Journal Book, Original, JBO/12, meeting of 6 December 1716, p.136].
President and Council agree to loan portrait of Sir Hans Sloane along with portraits of Dr Wollaston and Dr E W Gray to the Nottingham Art Gallery, 1892. Letter from Herbert Rix to G H Wallis, Jul 1892. NLB/6/728
Associated place
Credit
©The Royal Society
Image number
RS.9723