Samuel Clarke D.D.

Date1737-1748

Artist/Maker John Gibson (fl. 1750-1792)

Artist/Maker Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780)

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching

DimensionsOH: 16 1/4" x OW: 10 1/4"; Plate: H: 14 12" x W: 9 1/4"

Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. Brock W. Jobe.

Object number1977-312

DescriptionText on oval reads: "SAMUEL CLARKE D.D."
Lower margin reads: "Gibson pinxit/ In the Posession of M.rs Clarke/ Impensis J& P Knapton Londini/ J. Houbraken sculps Amst."
Label TextThis is one of the portraits for the Kit Kat Club and was then included in volumes of Birch's "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraved by Mr Houbraken and by Mr Vertue" (London, 1743-1752) (compiling of portraits of famous people); these were sold in the Colonies.