Portrait of Leopold von Buch
Date
1823
Sitter
Leopold von Buch (1774 - 1853) , Geologist
Creator
Ambroise Tardieu (1788 - 1841, French) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 213mm
width (print): 147mm
width (print): 147mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Leopold von Buch in three-quarter profile to the right as viewed. He wears regency-style coat with ruffled shirt and cravat. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Déssiné d’après Nature à Paris en 1823 et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu. LE BON. LEOPOLD DE BUCH (Géologiste,) Membre de l’Académie des Sciences de Berlin et Correspondant de a’Académie des Sciences de Paris, Né dans les Etats prussiens’ and pencilled Elected 1828’.
Leopold von Buch was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1828.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.5
Inscribed ‘Déssiné d’après Nature à Paris en 1823 et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu. LE BON. LEOPOLD DE BUCH (Géologiste,) Membre de l’Académie des Sciences de Berlin et Correspondant de a’Académie des Sciences de Paris, Né dans les Etats prussiens’ and pencilled Elected 1828’.
Leopold von Buch was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1828.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.5
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