CO.17

Portrait of Charles Rogers FRS FSA (1711-1784)

Joshua Reynolds, Sir, PRA (Artist)

General Description: This portrait was commissioned from Reynolds by Charles Rogers in 1777. It was engraved the following year by William Ryland (1733-1783) and appeared in both volumes of Rogers work 'Imitation of Drawings' published in 1778. Rogers had some reservations about the portrait and he later wrote to Walpole that he thought it made him look too young. Walpole responded that 'posterity will not know at what age the Likeness was taken'. The portrait is one of many links between Rogers and the Cottonian Collection, with Reynolds and Plymouth. (, )

, 1777

18th century

oil, support: canvas

Named Collection: Cottonian Collection