Portrait of Alexander Aubert
Date
1798
Sitter
Alexander Aubert (1730 - 1805, British) , Astronomer
Creator
John Chapman (British) , Engraver
After
Samuel Drummond (1765 - 1846, British) , Portraitist
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 135mm
width (print): 99mm
height (paper support): 174mm
width (paper support): 136mm
width (print): 99mm
height (paper support): 174mm
width (paper support): 136mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Alexander Aubert turned to the right as viewed and looking back to viewer. He wears regency-style clothing of high collared jacket and cravat. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Painted bt Drummond. Engraved by Chapman. Alexr. Aubert, Esqr, F.R.S.’ and pencilled ‘1772.’
Alexander Aubert was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1772.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.1
Inscribed ‘Painted bt Drummond. Engraved by Chapman. Alexr. Aubert, Esqr, F.R.S.’ and pencilled ‘1772.’
Alexander Aubert was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1772.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.1
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