Portrait of Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Date
ca. late 18th century - early 19th century
Sitter
Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743 - 1817) , Pharmacist
Creator
Eberhard Siegfried Henne (1759, German) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 160mm
width (plate): 97mm
height (print): 195mm
width (print): 112mm
width (plate): 97mm
height (print): 195mm
width (print): 112mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Martin Heinrich Klaproth in left profile. He wears buckled periwig with queue and is dressed in high-collared jacket with double-breasted fastening and cravat. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘MARTIN HEINRICH KLAPROTH PROFESSOR DER CHEMIE BEY DER KÖN.PREUSS. ARTILLERIE. ACADEMIE IN BERLIN & c. GEB. ZU WERNIGERODE D.I.DEC. 1743. Henne Sc.’ Pencilled ‘1795. 1/-.’
Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817) German pharmacist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1795.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p39.
Inscribed ‘MARTIN HEINRICH KLAPROTH PROFESSOR DER CHEMIE BEY DER KÖN.PREUSS. ARTILLERIE. ACADEMIE IN BERLIN & c. GEB. ZU WERNIGERODE D.I.DEC. 1743. Henne Sc.’ Pencilled ‘1795. 1/-.’
Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817) German pharmacist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1795.
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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