Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9737
Looking for a special gift? Buy a print of this image.
Portrait of John MacCulloch
Date
ca. 1820
Sitter
John Macculloch (1773 - 1835, British) , Surgeon
Creator
Benjamin Rawlinson Faulkner (1787 - 1849, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 1122mm
width (painting): 861mm
width (painting): 861mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of John MacCulloch seated, resting his left hand on the gilded arm of the chair. His right hand holds a pen poised over a sheet of paper on a table to the left of the picture as viewed. MacCulloch wears a red coat with a fur collar over black trousers. His white shirt is open at the collar and there is a seal or watch at his hip, hanging from a blue ribbon.
John MacCulloch (1773–1835), British surgeon and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1820.
John MacCulloch (1773–1835), British surgeon and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1820.
Transcription
National Portrait Exhibition 1868
Reign of – ‘GIV’
Portrait of – ‘John McCullock M.D. (Faulkner)’
Lent by – ‘The Royal Society’
Address – ‘Burlington House’
John MacCulloch M.D. F.R.S. &c
8166
JOHN MACCULLOCH (1773-1835) by B.R.FAULKNER
Reign of – ‘GIV’
Portrait of – ‘John McCullock M.D. (Faulkner)’
Lent by – ‘The Royal Society’
Address – ‘Burlington House’
John MacCulloch M.D. F.R.S. &c
8166
JOHN MACCULLOCH (1773-1835) by B.R.FAULKNER
Object history
Bequeathed by Louisa Magaretta MacCulloch (nee White), 1858.
The bequest of the picture was recorded in Council Minutes: “The Secretary stated that the Portrait of the late Dr. John Macculloch, F.R.S., had been bequeathed to the Society by his Widow, lately deceased; and that the Picture had been received from her executors“ [Royal Society Council Minutes, Printed, CMP/2 1846-1858, meeting of 30 November 1858, p.455].
The bequest of the picture was recorded in Council Minutes: “The Secretary stated that the Portrait of the late Dr. John Macculloch, F.R.S., had been bequeathed to the Society by his Widow, lately deceased; and that the Picture had been received from her executors“ [Royal Society Council Minutes, Printed, CMP/2 1846-1858, meeting of 30 November 1858, p.455].
Associated place