Portrait of Urbain Le Verrier
Date
1840s
Sitter
Urbain Le Verrier (1811 - 1877, French) , Astronomer
Creator
Nicolas Eustache Maurin (1799 - 1850, French) , Lithographer
After
Charles-Aimé-Joseph Daverdoing (1813 - 1895, French) , Painter
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Description
Half-length standing portrait of Urbain Le Verrier turned slightly to the left, as viewed. He is shown in a dark jacket and waistcoat with a white shirt and black bowtie. He looks out towards the viewer with his fair hair neatly combed backwards.
Inscribed below: ‘Paris, Rosselin édit. 21, Quai Voltaire.’ ‘Maurin’ ‘D’après C.Daverdoing.’ ‘Imp. Par Auguste Bry, rue du Bac, 134.’ ‘U J. Le Verrier’ ‘LE VERRIER.’
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811-1877), French astronomer, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1847.
Inscribed below: ‘Paris, Rosselin édit. 21, Quai Voltaire.’ ‘Maurin’ ‘D’après C.Daverdoing.’ ‘Imp. Par Auguste Bry, rue du Bac, 134.’ ‘U J. Le Verrier’ ‘LE VERRIER.’
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811-1877), French astronomer, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1847.