Portrait of John Elert Bode
Date
ca. 1822
Sitter
Johann Elert Bode (1747 - 1826) , Astronomer
Creator
Anton Wachsmann (1765 - 1836, German) , Engraver
After
Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1758 - 1828, German) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 171mm
width (print): 121mm
height (paper support): 201mm
width (paper support): 140mm
width (print): 121mm
height (paper support): 201mm
width (paper support): 140mm
Subject
Description
Portrait of John Elert Bode in three-quarter profile to the left as viewed and looking out to viewer. In an octagonal frame.
Inscribed ‘Weitsch p. Wachsmann Sc. J. BODE.’ and pencilled ‘1789’.
John Elert Bode was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.
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 ‘Weitsch p. Wachsmann Sc. J. BODE.’ and pencilled ‘1789’.
John Elert Bode was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.
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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