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Sir Hans Sloane, Bt

(1660-1753), Physician and collector

Early 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.

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Sir Hans Sloane, Bt, by Stephen Slaughter - NPG 569

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt

by Stephen Slaughter
oil on canvas, 1736
On display in Room 9 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 569

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt, by John Faber Jr, published by Philip Overton, after Thomas Murray - NPG D6770

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt

by John Faber Jr, published by Philip Overton, after Thomas Murray
mezzotint, 1728
NPG D6770

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt, by John Faber Jr, published by Robert Sayer, after Thomas Murray - NPG D8749

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt

by John Faber Jr, published by Robert Sayer, after Thomas Murray
mezzotint, 1728 or after
NPG D8749

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt, by John Faber Jr, published by Philip Overton, after Thomas Murray - NPG D18981

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt

by John Faber Jr, published by Philip Overton, after Thomas Murray
mezzotint, 1728
NPG D18981

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt, by John Faber Jr, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt - NPG D9148

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt

by John Faber Jr, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1729 (1716)
NPG D9148

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt, after Unknown artist - NPG D27596

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt

after Unknown artist
line engraving, late 18th century
NPG D27596

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt, by Unknown artist - NPG D14028

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt

by Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1775-1800
NPG D14028

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Sir Hans Sloane, Bt

by John Faber Jr, after Thomas Murray
mezzotint, after 1728
NPG D6771

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