Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10246
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Portrait of Henri François Le Dran
Date
19th century
Sitter
Henri Francois Le Dran (1685 - 1770, French) , Surgeon
Creator
Ambroise Tardieu (1788 - 1841, French) , Printmaker
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 296mm
width (print): 214mm
width (print): 214mm
Subject
Description
Half length portrait of Le Dran, full face, the subject wearing a long wig and lace shirt, visible through his open coat.
Inscribed: “Ambroise Tardieu direxit. HRI. FOIS. LE DRAN. Jal.Cre. du D.D.S.M. C.L.F.Panckoucke Editeur”. In pencil, lower left: “Elected 1744 Dec’d 1770”.
Henry François Le Dran was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1744.
Inscribed: “Ambroise Tardieu direxit. HRI. FOIS. LE DRAN. Jal.Cre. du D.D.S.M. C.L.F.Panckoucke Editeur”. In pencil, lower left: “Elected 1744 Dec’d 1770”.
Henry François Le Dran was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1744.
Transcription
Ambroise Tardieu direxit. HRI. FOIS. LE DRAN. Jal.Cre. du D.D.S.M. C.L.F.Panckoucke Editeur
Elected 1744 Dec’d 1770
Elected 1744 Dec’d 1770
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), p.16.
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