Sir Joseph Banks Bart., President of the Royal Society / engraved by J. Collyer; after a painting by J. Russell

P1/2365

fonds

16 May 1789

Graphic Materials, Prints

9657901

1 print - stipple engraved portrait - 25.3 cm x 20 cm, plate mark 17.7 cm x 11.1 cm

Joseph Banks (1743-1820), naturalist and botanist, accompanied Captain James Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific and Australia on HMB Endeavour. In 1788 Banks was elected President of the Royal Society, a position he held for over 40 years. Banks was actively involved in almost every aspect of 18th century Pacific exploration and early settlement of Australia.

John Russell (1745-1806), artist, amateur astronomer and literary scholar, was retained as a painter to George III.

Joseph Collyer (1748-1827) studied under Anthony Walker and worked for John Boydell. He enrolled at the Royal Academy in 1791 and became an associate of the academy in 1786. He was a portrait engraver to Queen Charlotte.

References:
Brittanica. “John Russell.” Accessed 18 October 2022
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Russell
Gilbert, L. A. “Banks, Sir Joseph (1743–1820).” Australian Dictionary of Biography. Accessed 18 October 2022
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/banks-sir-joseph-1737
Library acquisition file
National Portrait Gallery. “Joseph Collyer the Younger (1748-1827), Engraver.” Accessed 18 October 2022
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp15117/joseph-collyer-the-younger

Vendor acquired it from a collector who previously acquired it from a specialist print maker in the United Kingdom.

1 engraved stipple portrait of Sir Joseph Banks showing him holding a lunar map.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Beneath the portrait, ‘Painted by J. Russell R.A. Crayon Painter to His Majesty, and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. -Engraved by J. Collyer, A. Published as the Act directs, May 16th. 1789.’

Title, ‘Sir Joseph Banks Bart.’ ‘President of the Royal Society.’

At lower margin, ‘Sold by W. Dickenson [sic] Bond Str. J. Cary, Strand. W. Darling, Newport Str. T. Simpson, St. Paul's Church Yard, and J. Collyer, White Lion Row, Islington.’ ‘Price.’