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Flamsteed: P.13518-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Flamsteed
Portrait of John Flamsteed

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Baker, Joseph
Painter: Gibson, Thomas (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1923) by Perceval, Spencer George

Note

Copy after the portrait by George Vertue (for which see P.74-1956). According to O'Donoghue the portrait was intended for a magazine, but there are no specific details.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.13518-R
Primary reference Number: 204420
O'Donoghue: 2
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Wednesday 27 April 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Flamsteed" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204420 Accessed: 2024-04-24 15:23:10

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204420 |title=Flamsteed |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-24 15:23:10|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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