print
- Museum number
- 1841,1211.147
- Title
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Object: Samuel Clarke D.D.
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Series: Birch's Heads
- Description
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Portrait of Samuel Clarke, bust-length, in an ornamental oval lettered with the title, slightly turned to the right, wearing an academic gown with bands at his neck and a periwig on his head, books, a caduceus and other items in the foreground, after Thomas Gibson
Engraving and etching
- Production date
- 1737-1748
- Dimensions
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Height: 364 millimetres
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Width: 228 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For comment on the series see also 1844,0511.13. For another impression and comment see 1978,U.693.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraved by Mr Houbraken and by Mr Vertue (London, 1743-1752)
- Acquisition date
- 1841
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1841,1211.147