Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10144
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Portrait of Maryl Bowditch
Date
1838
Sitter
Mary Bowditch (1781 - 1834, American) , Mathematician
Creator
G. F. Storm (1804, British) , Engraver
After
Mary Elizabeth Lallanne (1815 - 1836, American) , Miniaturist
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X21/5
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 270mm
width (print): 201mm
width (print): 201mm
Subject
Description
Head of Mary Bowditch, wearing a jewelled head-dress, looking to the right as viewed.
Plate 2 from Mecanique celeste. By the Marquis de la Place...translated, with a commentary, by Nathaniel Bowditch volume 4 (Boston, 1839). Inscribed below: “Engraved by G.F. Storm from a Miniature by M.E.Lalanne, in the possession of the family.” With a facsimile signature.
Mary Bowditch (1781-1834) [née Ingersoll], was the second wife of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838) American mathematician and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Plate 2 from Mecanique celeste. By the Marquis de la Place...translated, with a commentary, by Nathaniel Bowditch volume 4 (Boston, 1839). Inscribed below: “Engraved by G.F. Storm from a Miniature by M.E.Lalanne, in the possession of the family.” With a facsimile signature.
Mary Bowditch (1781-1834) [née Ingersoll], was the second wife of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838) American mathematician and Fellow of the Royal Society.
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