Portrait of Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1788 - 1850, French) , Anatomist
Creator
Auguste Bry (French) , Lithographer
Creator - Organisation
Rosselin, Publisher
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 226mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in three-quarter profile to the left as viewed. He wears jacket with waistcoat and dark cravat.
Inscribed ‘Paris, Rosselin édit Quai Voltaire, 21. Paris, Lith. Auguste Bry r. du Bac. Blainville (Ducrotey de) Nè à Acques an 1778, mo.ch à Paris le 1er Mai 1850’ with facsimile signature and pencilled ‘1832’.
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.7
Inscribed ‘Paris, Rosselin édit Quai Voltaire, 21. Paris, Lith. Auguste Bry r. du Bac. Blainville (Ducrotey de) Nè à Acques an 1778, mo.ch à Paris le 1er Mai 1850’ with facsimile signature and pencilled ‘1832’.
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.7
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