Portrait of John Frederick William Herschel
Date
ca.1835
Sitter
John Frederick William Herschel (1792 - 1871, British) , Mathematician
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Henry William Pickersgill (1782 - 1875, British) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 111mm
width (print): 78mm
height (paper support): 117mm
width (paper support): 83mm
width (print): 78mm
height (paper support): 117mm
width (paper support): 83mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of John Frederick William Herschel inclined to the right as viewed and looking out to viewer. He wears regency-style clothes of high-collared shirt with cravat.
Inscribed on paper support ‘Sir J.W. Herschell Bart FRS. 1813. C.1835.’
John Herschel was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1871.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p31.
Inscribed on paper support ‘Sir J.W. Herschell Bart FRS. 1813. C.1835.’
John Herschel was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1871.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p31.
Associated place