Sir Hans Sloane, Bt
(1660-1753), Physician and collectorEarly Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 8 portraits
Born in Ireland, Sloane travelled to London and France to study medicine. Afterwards he went to Jamaica as a physician to the colony’s British governor. In Jamaica, he worked as a doctor on slave plantations and, with help from English planters and enslaved West Africans, he assembled a collection of plant and animal specimens and objects related to plantation life. After his return, he married Elizabeth Langley, the heiress to a large fortune from her father’s plantations in Jamaica. In 1727, Sloane became President of the Royal Society, a post he kept for fourteen years. His collection and library formed the nucleus of the British Museum.
by John Faber Jr, published by Philip Overton, after Thomas Murray
mezzotint, 1728
NPG D6770
by John Faber Jr, published by Robert Sayer, after Thomas Murray
mezzotint, 1728 or after
NPG D8749
by John Faber Jr, published by Philip Overton, after Thomas Murray
mezzotint, 1728
NPG D18981
by John Faber Jr, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1729 (1716)
NPG D9148
after Unknown artist
line engraving, late 18th century
NPG D27596
by Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1775-1800
NPG D14028
by John Faber Jr, after Thomas Murray
mezzotint, after 1728
NPG D6771
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