Portrait of Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten
Date
ca. late 18th century - early 19th century
Sitter
Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten (1732 - 1787, German) , Mathematician
Creator
S Halle, Engraver
After
Daniel Beyel (1760, Swiss) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 140mm
height (paper support): 234mm
width (paper support): 149mm
width (print): 140mm
height (paper support): 234mm
width (paper support): 149mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten in right profile. He wears buckled wig with queue and is dressed in buttoned jacket with shirt and cravat. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘W.I.G.KARSTEN. Professor zu Halle. Geb: d. 15 Dec 1732 gest d.17 April 1787. D: Beyel del. S. Halle Sc.’
Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten (1732-1787) German mathematician, he was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p39.
Inscribed ‘W.I.G.KARSTEN. Professor zu Halle. Geb: d. 15 Dec 1732 gest d.17 April 1787. D: Beyel del. S. Halle Sc.’
Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten (1732-1787) German mathematician, he was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p39.
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