Portrait of Torbern Olof Bergman
Date
1801
Sitter
Torbern Olof Bergman (1735 - 1784, Swedish) , Chemist
Creator
K Mackenzie, Engraver
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 163mm
width (plate): 112mm
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 152mm
width (plate): 112mm
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 152mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Thorbern Olof Bergman in left profile. He wears wig with queue and has a medal around his neck. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘K. Mackenzie sc. T Bergman Professor of Chemistry at Upsal. Published May 1st 1801’ and pencilled ‘1765’.
Torbern Olof Bergman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1765.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.8
Inscribed ‘K. Mackenzie sc. T Bergman Professor of Chemistry at Upsal. Published May 1st 1801’ and pencilled ‘1765’.
Torbern Olof Bergman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1765.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.8
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