Portrait of Peter Simon Pallas
Date
ca. 1780s
Sitter
Peter Simon Pallas (1741 - 1811) , Geographer
Creator
Franz Krüger (1797 - 1857, German) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 228mm
width (print): 153mm
width (print): 153mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Peter Simon Pallas, in right profile. He wears long wig tied at the back, high collared shirt and lace neck tie. In an oval frame with a ribbon above and inscribed plaque below.
Inscribed ‘D. PETER SIMON PALLAS' and pencilled ‘1764. 1/6’.
Peter Simon Pallas was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1764.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.62
Inscribed ‘D. PETER SIMON PALLAS' and pencilled ‘1764. 1/6’.
Peter Simon Pallas was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1764.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.62
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