Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13898

    Portrait of Albrecht von Haller

    Date
    ca.1832-1850
    Sitter
    Albrecht von Haller (1708 - 1777, Swiss) , Anatomist
    Creator
    Unknown, Engraver
    Creator - Organisation
    Fisher Son & Co., Publisher
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 115mm
    width (print): 96mm
    height (paper support): 183mm
    width (paper support): 116mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of Albrecht von Haller facing forward and head turned to the right as viewed. He wears medium length curled periwig with jacket, waistcoat shirt and neck tie.

    Inscribed ‘ALBERT DE HALLER, M.D. F.R.S.’ with a facimile signature ‘Your [?] humbled obedient servant Haller. [?] 28 Sep 1779.’ Pencilled ‘1739’ lower left hand corner and ‘Born 16 Oct 1708, died 12 Dec 1777.’

    Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777) Swiss anatomist, physiologist and naturalist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1739.
    Associated place
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