Portrait of Leonhard Euler
Date
1851
Sitter
Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783) , Mathematician
Creator
Friedrich Weber (1813 - 1882, Swiss) , Engraver
After
Jakob Emanuel Handmann (1718 - 1781, Swiss) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 175mm
width (print): 130mm
width (print): 130mm
Description
Half-length seated portrait of Leonhard Euler with his hand on a manuscript with geometric illustrations.
Inscribed below: ‘Em. Handmann Basil. Pinxit./Frid. Weber Basil. Sculpsit./LEONARDI EULERI BASILIENSIS/imaginem/aeri incidendam curavit/grata Civitas/MSCCLI/Imp. Par Chardon ainé & Aze, á Paris.’
Leonhard Euler FRS (1707-1783) Swiss mathematician and physicist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 22 January 1747.
Inscribed below: ‘Em. Handmann Basil. Pinxit./Frid. Weber Basil. Sculpsit./LEONARDI EULERI BASILIENSIS/imaginem/aeri incidendam curavit/grata Civitas/MSCCLI/Imp. Par Chardon ainé & Aze, á Paris.’
Leonhard Euler FRS (1707-1783) Swiss mathematician and physicist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 22 January 1747.