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Image number: RS.9754
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Portrait of William Hyde Wollaston
Date
ca. 1820 - 1824
Sitter
William Hyde Wollaston (1766 - 1828, British) , Chemist
Creator
John Jackson (1778 - 1831, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 1445mm
width (painting): 1121mm
width (painting): 1121mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three-quarter length seated portrait of William Hyde Wollaston, body angled to the left as viewed. Wollaston’s chair is red-backed, with orange-and-white striped seat and armrests. Wollaston wears a black single-breasted jacket with gold buttons over grey breeches and a white shirt and tie, with black boots with tassels. Wollaston holds a pair of spectacles hinged on a case in his right hand and a sheet of paper in the right, which has a ring on the ring finger. There are books and papers by the side of the chair, to the right as viewed, and additional papers and two inkwells on a table to the left and behind the sitter.
William Hyde Wollaston was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1793, he served as its President from June 1820 to November 1820.
William Hyde Wollaston was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1793, he served as its President from June 1820 to November 1820.
Transcription
Midland Counties Art Museum, Nottingham Castle, The Royal Society
WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON, Pres.R.S. By JOHN JACKSON.
WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON, Pres.R.S. By JOHN JACKSON.
Object history
Presented by George Hyde Wollaston (1765-1841), 1832.
An original ink label, probably from the reverse of the canvas, has been preserved in the Society’s archives: “A Portrait of William Hyde Wollaston M.D., F.R.S., painted by John Jackson R.A. presented to the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society of London by George Hyde Wollaston Esq., of Clapham Common, brother of Dr. Wollaston. February 1832.” [Label, 8 February 1832, Royal Society Miscellaneous Manuscripts, MM/21/94].
President and Council agree to loan portrait of Dr Wollaston along with portraits of Dr E W Gray and Sir Hans Sloane to the Nottingham Art Gallery, 1892. Letter from Herbert Rix to G H Wallis, Jul 1892. NLB/6/728
An original ink label, probably from the reverse of the canvas, has been preserved in the Society’s archives: “A Portrait of William Hyde Wollaston M.D., F.R.S., painted by John Jackson R.A. presented to the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society of London by George Hyde Wollaston Esq., of Clapham Common, brother of Dr. Wollaston. February 1832.” [Label, 8 February 1832, Royal Society Miscellaneous Manuscripts, MM/21/94].
President and Council agree to loan portrait of Dr Wollaston along with portraits of Dr E W Gray and Sir Hans Sloane to the Nottingham Art Gallery, 1892. Letter from Herbert Rix to G H Wallis, Jul 1892. NLB/6/728
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