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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

Title

Samuel Horsley, L.L.D.

Date of Production

executed :

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Width: 16.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5440

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, 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: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : Drawn by G.P. Harding. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : Engraved by J. Stow //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : 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 [colon] Bishop of St. David's, 1788 [colon] Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Rochester, / 1793 [colon] Bishop of St. Asaph 1802 [colon] 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: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : Proof. //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower right margin & recto : : Mrs Morris //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre margin & recto : : S. ROCH //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper centre margin & recto : : WITT / LIBRARY //

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