Dr. William Purkis of Magdalene College
Printmaker: Unknown
Etching and engraving on laid paper. Head and shoulders portrait of an elderly gentleman in near profile facing left. He wears a wig, gown and bands. This is a reversal of the outline of P.14836-R, clearly executed by or after the same printmaker, with more work throughout, but without the colour wash or chine collé, and within a border. The impression is weak. A graphite inscription written within the platemark at lower centre: 'Will.m Purkis of Magd: Coll: Cambr:'. Dr. William Purkis DD FSA (1759-61) was from Wisbech, and a graduate of Magdalen College Cambridge (5th Wrangler 1756), where after his curacy he became fellow and tutor (Senior Proctor 1772-73, doctorate 1786). An inscription on the verso is transcribed in a curatorial hand on the verso of the artist's board onto which the print is laid down: 'Dr Purkis of / Magdalen Coll /. Cambridge'.
Unknown
by unknown
Height 95mm (plate) x width 75mm (plate); height 84mm (sheet) x width 97mm (sheet)
Accession number: P.14837-R
Primary reference Number: 225446
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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