Portrait of Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau
Date
ca. early 19th century
Sitter
Henri-Louis Duhamel de Monceau (1700 - 1782, French) , Physician
Creator
Ambroise Tardieu (1788 - 1841, French) , Engraver
After
François Hubert Drouais (1727 - 1775, French) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 193mm
width (plate): 126mm
height (print): 227mm
width (print): 152mm
width (plate): 126mm
height (print): 227mm
width (print): 152mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau inclined to the right as viewed and looking back to viewer. He wears buckled wig with queue and is dressed in fine jacket with looped braid detail and a lace cravat. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Peint par Drouais fils Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu. Hy. Ls. DUHAMEL, SGR. Du MONCEAU, (Physicien, Botaniste, Physiologiste, et Agronome.) Membre de l’Académie des Sciences, Inspecteur Général de la Marine, Né à Paris le…… 1700. Mort à Paris le s3 Aout 1782.’
Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was a French physician, naval engineer and botanist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1735.
Inscribed ‘Peint par Drouais fils Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu. Hy. Ls. DUHAMEL, SGR. Du MONCEAU, (Physicien, Botaniste, Physiologiste, et Agronome.) Membre de l’Académie des Sciences, Inspecteur Général de la Marine, Né à Paris le…… 1700. Mort à Paris le s3 Aout 1782.’
Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was a French physician, naval engineer and botanist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1735.
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