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Three-quarter-length portrait of James Jurin, seated on a red chair with ornate gilded surround. Jurin rests his right arm on a table covered with a green cloth upon which is a pile of three books, the central volume inscribed 'J. Jurin M. D.' Jurin holds an open edition of Sir Isaac Newton’s 'Principia Mathematica' in his left hand. He is dressed in a grey shoulder-length wig, brown waistcoat and white neckcloth over which is a green robe with red at the collars and cuffs.
Date
c.1740–1749
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 127 x W 100.4 cm
Accession number
RS.9681
Acquisition method
presented by Reverend William Totton, 1868
Work type
Painting