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Description: | 'John Harrison. From an Engraving by [P.J.] Tassaert, published in 1768, after a painting by [Thomas] King. Under the Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.' A half-length portrait of John Harrison, whose chronometer H4 solved the longtitude question.
Print published in the SDUK's 'Gallery of Portraits: with memoirs', vol. 5 (1835), ed. Arthur Thomas Malkin. For other copies see ZBA4520 (XXX0298), ZBA4524 (XXX0299): also ZBA4523 (XXX0297) which is a reletted and re-worked impression, including a curtain swag in the right background.
Box Title: P93 Portraits 1775-1780. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Harrison John prints | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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