Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.2963

    Portrait of John Ayrton Paris

    Date
    1836
    Sitter
    John Ayrton Paris (1785 - 1856, British) , Physician
    Creator
    William Drummond (British) , Lithographer
    After
    Eden Upton Eddis (1812 - 1901, British) , Painter
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 155mm
    width (print): 130mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length seated portrait of Jonh Ayron Paris in a dark jacket with a thick collar, a white shirt and black cravat. He is shown in a relaxed posed with his left hand resting on the arm of the chair.

    Inscribed below: ‘E. U. Eddis. delt’ ‘W. D. Lith.’ ‘John Ayrton Paris’ ‘Athenæum Portraits No18’ ‘Day & Hague Lithrs to the King.’ ‘London, Pubd Feby 1836, by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.’

    John Ayrton Paris (1785-1856), British physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821, he acted as Vice President between 1846-1847.
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