| RefNo | P/0067 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Portrait of Thomas Hobbes |
| Artist | Dobson; William (1611 - 1646); painter |
| Date | 1640s |
| Description | Head and shoulders, left profile. He was born in 1588 and died in 1679. He was not a Fellow. He wrote on political and moral philosophy and his main scientific interest was in optics |
| ObjectName | Painting |
| Materials | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 724 x 584 mm |
| Notes | Robinson, Norman H and Forbes, Eric G 'The Royal Society catalogue of portraits' (London: Royal Society, 1980) |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | The Royal Society |
| Provenance | Bequeathed by T Paget, 1717 |
| RelatedMaterial | Digitized image IM/002141 |
| RelatedRecord | IM/002141 |
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