| Reference number | P/0074 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Portrait of Hunter, John |
| Artist | Home, Robert |
| Date | c.1772 |
| Description | Three quarter length, right profile prortrait of John Hunter seated outdoors in a lightly wooded landscape. Hunter rests his left hand on the head of a dog, which in turn rests its head in Hunter’s knee. The dog is a breed between the Irish Wolf Hound and English Mastiff mentioned in Philosophical Transactions vol 77 [see Hunter, John, 1787, 'Observations tending to shew that the wolf, jackal, and dog, are all of the same species' in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 77 p.253-266] |
| Format | Painting |
| Materials | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 1270 x 1016 mm |
| Notes | Robinson, Norman H and Forbes, Eric G 'The Royal Society catalogue of portraits' (London: Royal Society, 1980) |
| Access status | Open |
| Copyright | The Royal Society |
| Provenance | Presented by Sir Everard Home FRS, 1850 |
| Related material | doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1787.0024 (Hunter, John, 1787, 'Observations tending to shew that the wolf, jackal, and dog, are all of the same species' in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 77 p.253-266) |
| Related records in the catalogue | IM/002317 |
| CMP/2/56 |
| CMP/2/57 |
| MC/4/352 |
| Copies | Colour transparency, Box N101, IM/002317 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7714 | Hunter; John (1728 - 1793); anatomist and surgeon | 1728 - 1793 |