Samuel Horsley, L.L.D.
Maker
Sampson Towgood Roch (artist)
1759-1847
(draughtsman)
1780-1853
(engraver)
ca. 1770-after 1820 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1780-1853
1759-1847
(draughtsman)
1780-1853
(engraver)
ca. 1770-after 1820 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1780-1853
Title
Samuel Horsley, L.L.D.
Date of Production
2.4.1822
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
Width: 16.4 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5440
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: recto: centre left, artist : Drawn by G.P. Harding.
Inscription: recto: centre right, engraver : Engraved by J. Stow.
Inscription: recto: centre, title, sitter description, publisher, date: SAMUEL HORSLEY, L.L.D. / Born at the Rectory House St. Martins in the Fields, Westminster. Educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. / Secretary of the Royal Society, 1773 : Bishop of St. David's, 1788 :Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Rochester, / 1793 : Bishop of St. Asaph 1802: Died Octor. 4th. 1806, Aged 73, Buried at Newington Surrey. / From a Miniature by S. Roch in the possession of Mrs. Morris. / London. Published April 2nd. 1822. by G.P. Harding. 18. Hercules Buildings. Lambeth.
Inscription: recto: lower right: Proof.
Inscription: recto: typewritten, centre right: Mrs Morris.
Inscription: recto: typewritten, lower centre: S. ROCH.
Stamp: recto: stamped in black, upper right: WITT / LIBRARY.
Inscription: recto: centre right, engraver : Engraved by J. Stow.
Inscription: recto: centre, title, sitter description, publisher, date: SAMUEL HORSLEY, L.L.D. / Born at the Rectory House St. Martins in the Fields, Westminster. Educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. / Secretary of the Royal Society, 1773 : Bishop of St. David's, 1788 :Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Rochester, / 1793 : Bishop of St. Asaph 1802: Died Octor. 4th. 1806, Aged 73, Buried at Newington Surrey. / From a Miniature by S. Roch in the possession of Mrs. Morris. / London. Published April 2nd. 1822. by G.P. Harding. 18. Hercules Buildings. Lambeth.
Inscription: recto: lower right: Proof.
Inscription: recto: typewritten, centre right: Mrs Morris.
Inscription: recto: typewritten, lower centre: S. ROCH.
Stamp: recto: stamped in black, upper right: WITT / LIBRARY.
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