Portrait of Hans Christian Oersted
Date
19th century
Sitter
Hans Christian Oersted (1777 - 1851, Danish) , Physicist
Creator
Hinchliff, Engraver
After
Hermann Wilhelm Bissen (1798, Danish) , Sculptor
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 188mm
width (print): 123mm
height (paper support): 228mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 123mm
height (paper support): 228mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Description
Portrait of Hans Christian Oersted from a bust.
Inscribed ‘Bissen. Hinchliff. Oersted From a Bust in the possession of Dr. Wallich'.
Hans Christian Oersted was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.58
Inscribed ‘Bissen. Hinchliff. Oersted From a Bust in the possession of Dr. Wallich'.
Hans Christian Oersted was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.58
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