Joshua Brookes
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30/03/1822 (published)
30/03/1822 (published)
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Three-quarter-length, seated, facing and looking to left. The sitter is holding a pen in his left hand, resting his left arm on a table and his left hand is placed on his thigh. On the table is an anatomical work which lies open. In the right background is a book and a jar containing anatomical specimens. At the bottom of the sheet is a coat of arms.
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Title | Joshua Brookes (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Engraving on paper |
Brief description | Three-quarter-length portrait of the anatomist Joshua Brookes seated at a table. Engraving by James Fittler after Thomas Phillips, 1822. |
Physical description | Three-quarter-length, seated, facing and looking to left. The sitter is holding a pen in his left hand, resting his left arm on a table and his left hand is placed on his thigh. On the table is an anatomical work which lies open. In the right background is a book and a jar containing anatomical specimens. At the bottom of the sheet is a coat of arms. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Painted by T. Phillips R.A. Joshua Brookes F.R.S. F.L.S. Coll. Reg. Chir. Lond. Soc. Soc. Caes. Nat. Cur. Mosq. Soc. ete. &c. Engraved & Published as the Act directs by James Fittler 62 Upper Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square London Mar. 30 1822 and by I. Skelton Oxford' (Lettered) |
Production | Attribution note: Open letter proof |
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Accession number | 21844 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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