Portrait of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) Charles Edward Wagstaff
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Portrait of Joseph Banks (1743-1820)
Detail from Royal Society's portrait of Banks, seated in the Presidential chair surmounted by the Society's coat of arms and wearing the ribbon and star of the Order of Bath. Inscribed: "Engraved by C.E.Wagstaff. SIR J.BANKS. From a Picture by T.Phillips, in the possession of the Royal Society. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East." Inscribed in pencil lower left "1766". Sir Joseph Banks was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766, he served as its President from 1778 to 1820.
Original: stipple engraving. 19th century
- Image reference: RS-9512
- The Royal Society
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