Portrait of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Date
ca. early 19th century
Sitter
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752 - 1840) , Natural historian
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 199mm
width (print): 128mm
height (paper support): 226mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 128mm
height (paper support): 226mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in three-quarter profile to the right as viewed and looking to viewer. He wears regency-style jacket with high collared shirt and cravat. Oval in a rectangular frame.
Inscribed ‘JOH. FRIED. BLUMENBACH geb d.11t May 1752
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1793.
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 ‘JOH. FRIED. BLUMENBACH geb d.11t May 1752
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1793.
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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