Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt
Date
1815
Sitter
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859) , Naturalist and Traveller, Naturalist
Creator
Harriet Turner, Engraver
After
Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 151mm
width (plate): 113mm
height (print): 217mm
width (print): 152mm
width (plate): 113mm
height (print): 217mm
width (print): 152mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Alexander von Humboldt in left profile.
Inscribed ‘Alexander von Humboldt. Etched by Mrs T. from an original sketch by T. Phillips Esq R.A. 1815.’
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) German naturalist and traveller, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p30.
Inscribed ‘Alexander von Humboldt. Etched by Mrs T. from an original sketch by T. Phillips Esq R.A. 1815.’
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) German naturalist and traveller, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p30.
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