Portrait of Albrecht von Haller
Date
1799
Sitter
Albrecht von Haller (1708 - 1777, Swiss) , Anatomist
Creator
James Caldwall (1739 - 1822, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
Cox, Publisher
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 159mm
width (print): 100mm
height (paper support): 223mm
width (paper support): 147mm
width (print): 100mm
height (paper support): 223mm
width (paper support): 147mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Albrecht von Haller facing forward and head turned to the left as viewed. He wears medium length curled periwig with jacket, waistcoat, shirt and neck tie.
Inscribed ‘BARON DE HALLER. J. Caldwall Sculpt. Published by Cox, Jan 1 1799.’
Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777) Swiss anatomist, physiologist and naturalist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1739.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p29.
Inscribed ‘BARON DE HALLER. J. Caldwall Sculpt. Published by Cox, Jan 1 1799.’
Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777) Swiss anatomist, physiologist and naturalist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1739.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p29.
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