Portrait of Jean Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan
Date
18th century
Sitter
Jean Jacques d' Ortous de Mairan (1678 - 1771, French) , Physicist
Creator
Pierre Charles Ingouf (1746 - 1800, French) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 268mm
width (print): 189mm
height (paper support): 295mm
width (paper support): 244mm
width (print): 189mm
height (paper support): 295mm
width (paper support): 244mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Jean Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan, in an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘DE MAIRAN, P C Ingouf maj Sculps’ and pencilled ‘Born 1678, Elec 1735, died 1771’.
Jean Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1735.
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 ‘DE MAIRAN, P C Ingouf maj Sculps’ and pencilled ‘Born 1678, Elec 1735, died 1771’.
Jean Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1735.
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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