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William Pryce (1735–1790), of Redruth, Cornwall

Image credit: Royal Institution of Cornwall

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William Pryce was a surgeon, mineralogist and antiquary. This portrait was engraved for his 'Mineralogia Cornubiensis' (1778) by James Basire (1730–1802).

A certain itinerant William Clifford (fl. 1761–1774) was in the right part of Cornwall at the right time to be a possible candidate for the artist (although there is no evidence so far that he painted), but there are no other men surnamed 'Clifford' of which that is true.

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Title

William Pryce (1735–1790), of Redruth, Cornwall

Date

c.1778

Medium

oil on copper

Measurements

H 25 x W 20.5 cm

Accession number

TRURI : 1944.11

Acquisition method

purchased, 1944

Work type

Painting

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