Portrait of Eilhardt Mitscherlich
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
Eilhardt Mitscherlich (1794 - 1863, German) , Chemist
Creator
Ambroise Tardieu (1788 - 1841, French) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 212mm
width (print): 147mm
height (paper support): 225mm
width (paper support): 150mm
width (print): 147mm
height (paper support): 225mm
width (paper support): 150mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Eilhardt Mitscherlich, turned to the right and looking away from viewer. He wears regency style coat and white shirt.
Inscribed ‘Dessine d’après Nature à Paris en , et1824, et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu. E. MITSCHERLICH (Chimiste,) Membre del’Académie royale des Sciences de Berlin. Né à Jever (Ost-Frise) le 7 Janvier 1794’ and pencilled ‘Elected 1828’.
Eilhardt Mitscherlich was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1828.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.50
Inscribed ‘Dessine d’après Nature à Paris en , et1824, et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu. E. MITSCHERLICH (Chimiste,) Membre del’Académie royale des Sciences de Berlin. Né à Jever (Ost-Frise) le 7 Janvier 1794’ and pencilled ‘Elected 1828’.
Eilhardt Mitscherlich was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1828.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.50
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