Portrait of Francis Baily, President of the Royal Astronomical Society
Printmaker:
Lupton, Thomas Goff
Painter:
Phillips, Thomas
(After)
After the portrait by Thomas Phillips (1837; exh. R.A.S. 1838 and R.A. 1839, no. 345; Royal Astronomical Society). Standing three-quarter-length, facing front, head turned slightly towards the right, left hand resting along with a pair of spectacles on a manuscript open on a table titled 'Pendulum Experiments'. The titles of books stacked on the table include, 'Baily's Life of Flamsteed' and 'Newton's life and Works'.
by Unknown
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1838
Mezzotint on chine collé. Proof before title. Engraved in open roman letters at lower left: 'PAINTED BY THOMAS PHILLIPS, R.A.' and at lower right: 'ENGRAVED BY THOMAS LUPTON' and address below engraved in italics, '4 Keppel Street, Russell Square'. Engraved in italics at the centre below the image: 'From the Picture painted for the Royal Astronomical Society'. Sitter's signature and position reproduced in facsimile on the plate at lower right: 'Francis Baily / President of the Roy: Ast: Soc:'. Inscribed in graphite on the sheet at lower centre: 'Selected India Proof Fitzwilliam Museum'. Inscribed on the recto in graphite beyond the platemark at upper centre: '28' and on the verso: '14'. See NPG D7466 for a fully-lettered state.
Accession number: P.15024-R
Primary reference Number: 240086
O'Donoghue: 1
Chaloner Smith: undescribed
Nagler (Künstler-Lexicon): undescribed
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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