Portrait of Colin MacLaurin
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
Colin MacLaurin (1698 - 1746, British) , Mathematician
Creator
Samuel Freeman (1773 - 1857, British) , Engraver
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Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 133mm
width (print): 107mm
height (paper support): 189mm
width (paper support): 123mm
width (print): 107mm
height (paper support): 189mm
width (paper support): 123mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Colin Maclaurin, turned to the right as viewed and looking out to viewer. He wears cape with braided detailing, ruffled shirt, and shoulder length wig. In an oval frame.
Inscribed in ink ‘Colin Maclaurin FRS' and pencilled ‘1719’.
Colin Maclaurin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1719.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.51
Inscribed in ink ‘Colin Maclaurin FRS' and pencilled ‘1719’.
Colin Maclaurin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1719.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.51
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