Portrait of Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini
Date
1827
Sitter
Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781 - 1832, French) , Botanist
Creator
Ambroise Tardieu (1788 - 1841, French) , Printmaker
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 227mm
width (print): 152mm
width (print): 152mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini in three-quarter profile to the right as viewed and looking off to distance. He wears regency-style jacket with waistcoat, high collared shirt and cravat. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Dessiné d’après Nature en 1827 et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu. ALEXDRE. HY. GL. DE CASSINI (Botaniste) Membre de l’Académie Royale des Sciences. Né à Paris le 9 Mai 1781.’ And pencilled NOT FRS //query//’.
Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini was not a Fellow of the Royal Society he was a French botanist.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.11.
Inscribed ‘Dessiné d’après Nature en 1827 et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu. ALEXDRE. HY. GL. DE CASSINI (Botaniste) Membre de l’Académie Royale des Sciences. Né à Paris le 9 Mai 1781.’ And pencilled NOT FRS //query//’.
Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini was not a Fellow of the Royal Society he was a French botanist.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.11.
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