Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Thomas Birch (1705-1766), Historian
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Historian; born in Clerkenwell of Quaker parents; rector of Ulting, Essex, 1732, and of five other parishes, 1743-66; FRS and FSA, 1735; DD, 1753; secretary of the Royal Society, 1752-65; among many historical and biographical works, wrote the text for Vertue's and Houbraken's Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain; his books and manuscripts bequeathed to the British Museum.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1977, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1977, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.