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Joseph Planta

Header: Joseph Planta
Also known as: Joseph Planta; primary name: Planta, Joseph
Details: individual; curator; Swiss; British; Male
Life dates: 1744-1827
Biography: Born in Castasegna, Switzerland, his family moved to England when he was eight. His father, Andrew Planta (q.v), was appointed assistant librarian at the BM in 1758; Joseph succeeded him in this post in 1773. He became Principal Librarian in 1799, and was responsible for increasing the capacity of the reading rooms and for making the galleries more accessible to the general public. He was also a secretary of the Royal Society.
Bibliography: ODNB

24 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1933,1111.2 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William EvansAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1810

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.30 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1794

oil painting

Museum number: Painting.40 |
Producer name: BIOG41884 Painted by:Thomas Phillips |
Production date: 1800

oil painting

Museum number: Painting.30 |
Producer name: BIOG162516 Painted by:Archibald Archer |
Production date: 1819

print

Title: Joseph Planta, Esq. F.R.S. The British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits |
Museum number: A,2.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles PicartAfter:Henry Edridge |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; admission-ticket; advertisement; newspaper/periodical; pamphlet

Museum number: J,10.401-421 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1814-1815

print

Museum number: Ii,3.159 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry HudsonAfter:George Engleheart |
Production date: 1791

print

Museum number: 1902,0120.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry HudsonAfter:George Engleheart |
Production date: 1791

print

Title: Joseph Planta, Esq. F.R.S. The British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits |
Museum number: 1872,1012.4557 |
Producer name: After:Henry EdridgePrint made by:Charles Picart |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Joseph Planta Esqre FRS |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1797 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Benedetto Pistrucci |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Children Esqr |
Museum number: T,9.55 |
Producer name: Print made by:Maxim GauciAfter:Archer James Oliver |
Production date: 1826-1854

print; satirical print

Title: The abatement. Political Sketches |
Museum number: 1856,0510.288 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Doyle (HB)Published by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Title: Joseph Planta, Esq. F.R.S. The British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits |
Museum number: 1940,1007.4.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles PicartAfter:Henry Edridge |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Joseph Planta, Esq. F.R.S. The British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits |
Museum number: 1876,1209.427 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles PicartAfter:Henry Edridge |
Production date: 1812

print; admission-ticket; invitation; letter; card

Museum number: J,8.86-101 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1776-1814

print

Title: Joseph Planta Esqre FRS |
Museum number: 1841,0313.177 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Benedetto Pistrucci |
Production date: 1817

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print; admission-ticket; letter

Museum number: J,8.102-119 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1799-1818

print

Title: Joseph Planta Esqre FRS |
Museum number: 1841,0313.178 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Benedetto Pistrucci |
Production date: 1817

print

Title: Joseph Planta Esqe FRS |
Museum number: 1875,0710.4125 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Benedetto Pistrucci |
Production date: 1810s

print; satirical print

Title: The abatement. Political Sketches |
Museum number: 1868,0808.11364 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Doyle (HB)Published by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; letter; invitation

Museum number: J,8.120-134 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Turner AustinAfter:William Marshall Craig |
Production date: 1792-1816

print study; drawing

Museum number: 1875,0710.4126 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William SharpAfter:Benedetto Pistrucci |
Production date: 1749-1824

printing-plate

Museum number: 1902,0120.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry HudsonAfter:George Engleheart |
Production date: 1791

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