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Joshua Brookes

Print
30/03/1822 (published)
Artist/Maker
Fittler, James (A.R.A.) (engraver)
Fittler, James (A.R.A.) (publisher)
Skelton, Joseph John (publisher)
Phillips, Thomas (R.A.) (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)
Oxford (published)

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.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleJoshua Brookes (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Paper
Engraving
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.
Dimensions
  • Size in mount height: 74.9cm
  • Size in mount width: 53.4cm
Measured by SH 11/10/2010
Style
British School
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
Subjects depicted
Anatomist
Specimen
Jar
Books
Brookes, Joshua
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
21844

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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