| RefNo | P/0242 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Portrait of Whitehurst, John |
| Artist | Craft, William Hopkins |
| Date | 1786 |
| Description | Half-length portrait of John Whitehurst in profile, seated at a drawingboard. Dressed in a brown coat and waistcoat with a white shirt, he holds a pencil in his right hand. A volcano in the distance. Inscribed on the reverse "Portrait of / John Whitehurst FRS/ Author / of an Inquiry Into the / Original State and formation / of the earth / and other / Philosophical Works/ W H Craft Fect./ 1786". In gilt-metal laurel frame within ebonised wood. |
| ObjectName | Painting |
| Dimensions | h 255 x w 225 mm |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | The Royal Society |
| Provenance | Presented to the Society by Sir Alexander Richardson Binnie (1839-1917), British civil engineer, 1897.
After a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, held at Derby Museum and Art Gallery (on loan from Mr. Nicholas Smith, 2007.) |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8029 | Whitehurst; John (1713 - 1788) | 1713 - 1788 |