Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.12132

    Portrait of James Anderson

    Date
    1809
    Sitter
    James Anderson (1739 - 1808, British) , Agriculturalist
    Creator
    Samuel Freeman (1773 - 1857, British) , Engraver
    After
    J Anderson, Painter
    Object type
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (plate): 164mm
    width (plate): 113mm
    height (print): 221mm
    width (print): 128mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of James Anderson, in three-quarter profile to the left as viewed. He wears regency-style clothing and has spectacles resting on his forehead.

    Inscribed ‘Gent Mag May 1809. Pl.I.p.401. Anderson del. Freeman sculp. James Anderson, L.L.D. F.R.S. F.A.S. S.&c.’ and pencilled ‘not F.R.S.’

    James Anderson was an agriculturist and political economist.

    Plate to Gentleman’s Magazine.

    Associated place
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