Original 1805 11 inch x 7 5/8 inch Stipple engraving
Etchings, Engravings and Lithographs
RICHARD PULTENEY
£99.50
Original 1805 11 inch x 7 5/8 inch Stipple engraving titled RICHARD PULTENEY
Portrait of Richard Pulteney; half length, seated, holding open book, looking to the left, wearing powdered wig; after Beach; illustration to his ‘General View of the Writings of Linnaeus’ (1805).
Dr Richard Pulteney (1730 – 1801) was an English physician and botanist. He was a promoter of Linnaean taxonomy.
Engraved by Piercy Roberts. Caricaturist, printmaker and publisher.
After Thomas Beach (1738 – 1806). Thomas Beach was an English portrait painter who studied under Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Lettered below image: “Painted by T. Beach / Engraved by P. Roberts No.28 Middle Row Holborn”; and below title: “Lond: & Edingb: & FLS”.
Image size 6 1/4 inch x 5 1/8 inch
The engraving is in very good condition with slight foxing at the edges.
Availability: 1 in stock
