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Thomas Parkinson (English, 1763-1789)
Thomas Parkinson (English, 1763-1789)
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DESCRIPTION: Thomas Parkinson (English, 1763-1789). Oil on canvas portrait of a gentleman with a signet ring. Signed to lower right side "Parkinson 1781". Marked on reverse "Joseph Dymond of Blythe, 1797". Probably the astronomer and mathematician Joseph Dymond (1746-1796) born in Brierley, Yorkshire, England. In 1768 he accompanied William Wales to Fort Prince of Wales in Hudson Bay, Canada to observe the Transit of Venus, an important astronomical event vital to navigation at that time. He died at Blyth, Nottinghamshire on December 10, 1796 at the age of 50. MEASUREMENTS: 24-1/2" x 29-1/2". Overall with frame 29-1/2" x 33-1/2". CONDITION: Yellowing to varnish and craquelure. Old restoration and patch to rear. Minor losses to left side. Wear to frame.
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Thomas Parkinson (English, 1763-1789)

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