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Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865)

Portrait Drawing
1812 (made), 1819 (collected)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait in pencil depicting Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), who married Maria, the daughter of Dawson Turner F.R.S, in 1815. Inscribed with sitter's name and signed by the artist.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) (generic title)
  • A Collection of Original Portraits, 1819 (series title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Brief description
John Sell Cotman. Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), Director of Kew Gardens. Great Britain, 1812.
Physical description
Portrait in pencil depicting Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), who married Maria, the daughter of Dawson Turner F.R.S, in 1815. Inscribed with sitter's name and signed by the artist.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.375in
  • Width: 7in
  • Volume height: 14.75in
  • Width: 11.75in
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Object history
This was No. 20 of a 'Collection of Original Portraits, 1819', formed by Dawson Turner. The volumes containing the portraits are described and indexed under 'Turner, Dawson'. An etching by Mrs Dawson Turner, dated 1813, was made after this drawing with the number 29831.171.
Subject depicted
Association
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection
Accession number
E.1113-1927

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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