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C1860
Sir Joseph Banks Bart. K.B. P.R.S.
Decorative c.19th portrait of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) president of the Royal Society and wearing the insignia of the Order of the Bath. Banks was a naturalist and traveller and the inspiration behind many of the British voyages and discoveries … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Sir Joseph Banks Bart. K.B. P.R.S.
Date:
C1860
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
170mm
x 200mm
Paper Size:
178mm
x 268mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1860
Description:
Decorative c.19th portrait of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) president of the Royal Society and wearing the insignia of the Order of the Bath.
Banks was a naturalist and traveller and the inspiration behind many of the British voyages and discoveries of the late eighteenth century. He developed a love of botany while at Christ Church, Oxford and was elected to the Royal Society in 1766. In 1768-71, he travelled in the Endeavour on James Cook’s first voyage, having had the ship fitted out at his own expense. After returning to England, he became a great proponent for the establishment of a penal colony at Botany Bay, earning him the title of ‘Father of Australia’. His interest and support for Australia remained with him all his life.
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830)
Lawrence was the leading British portrait painter of the early 19th century, portraying most of the important personalities of the day in his polished and flattering style. He was a child prodigy and largely self-taught; at the age of 10 he was making accomplished portraits in crayon. He was influenced by Sir Joshua Reynolds during his youth; his style developed very little throughout his life. Lawrence was born in Bristol, moved with his family to Devizes and then to Bath. He took to painting in 1786 and became a pupil at the Royal Academy school in 1787; in the following year, at the age of 19, he exhibited his first portrait. In 1794 he became a member of the Academy and Painter-in-Ordinary to the King (George III) on the death of Reynolds in 1792. He was knighted in 1815 and became President of the Academy five years later. He was very successful in commercial terms, and made (and spent) a great deal of money. He was also a collector and formed one of the finest collections of Old Master drawings ever known. In 1818-20 he was in Aachen, Vienna and Rome on behalf of the Prince Regent, making full-length portraits of the allied sovereigns who had contributed to the defeat of Napoleon; these were for the prince's Waterloo Gallery at Windsor.
