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Portrait of Archibald Pitcairn

Maker

(printmaker)
1721-1792

After
(artist)
1659-1710

Title

Portrait of Archibald Pitcairn

Date of Production

1736 - 1792

Dimensions

Height: 38.7 cm
Width: 24.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.8666

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

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: ARCHIBALD PITCAIRN M.D. //

Inscription: To John Clerk M.D. President of the Royal College of Physicians in EDINBURGH. / This Head of his Celebrated Friend Dr. Archibald Pitcairn is with the / Utmost Respect Humbly Inscrib'd by His most Obedient and / very humble Servant, Rob. Strange. //

Inscription: J. Medina Eques Pinxit. //

Inscription: R. Strange Sculp.t Edin.r

Stamp: Witt Library stamp

Inscription: J. de MEDINA //

Inscription: John Clerk [scribbled out], M.D. //

Inscription: Archibald PITCAIRN //

Inscription: 937/62 (11a) //

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