Dr. William Purkis of Magdalene College
Printmaker: Unknown
Etching on chine collé with red wash. Head and shoulders portrait of an elderly gentleman in near profile facing right. He wears a wig, gown and bands. Dr. William Purkis DD FSA was from Wisbech, and a graduate of Magdalene College Cambridge (5th Wrangler, 1756), where, following a period from 1759-1761 as curate of St. George in the East, London, he became fellow and tutor (Senior Proctor 1772-73, doctorate 1786). An inscription on the verso is transcribed in a curatorial hand on the verso of the artist's board onto which the print is laid down: 'Wm Purkis of Magd./ Coll /. Cambridge'.
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Height 100mm (chine) x width 70mm (chine)
Accession number: P.14836-R
Primary reference Number: 225445
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Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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