Portrait of Thomas Silver in gilt frame
- Made:
- 1850-1859 in United Kingdom
- artist:
- Unattributed
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Painting. [Thomas Silver (1813-1888), marine engineer] / 185-
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Painting. [Thomas Silver (1813-1888), marine engineer] / 185-. Oil on canvas; 67 x 52 cm in gilt frame with oval mount, 92x75x5cm. Inscribed on frame mount: 'T. SILVER / INVENTOR of the MARINE GOVERNOR'. Portrait, HS to L, feigned oval.
This portrait formed part of the Bennet Woodcroft Bequest, which was among the founding collections of the Science Museum. Woodcroft had developed a 'National Gallery of Portraits of Inventors, Discoverers and Introducers of the Useful Arts’ combining gifts, loans and purchases of portraits, while acting as the first curator of the Patent Museum.
Details
- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- 1921-1091
- Materials:
- oil paint on canvas, wood (unidentified), plaster and gilt
- Measurements:
-
overall: 930 mm x 760 mm x 60 mm,
frame: 920 mm x 750 mm x 50 mm,
image: 670 mm x 515 mm
- type:
- oil painting and portrait
- credit:
- Woodcroft Collection
