Portrait of George Bellas Greenough
Date
c.1840
Sitter
George Bellas Greenough (1778 - 1855, British) , Geologist
Creator
Maxim Gauci (1774 - 1854, Italian) , Lithographer
After
Eden Upton Eddis (1812 - 1901, British) , Artist
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Description
Half-length portrait of George Bellas Greenough facing towards the viewer. His face is shown in the most detail with his jacket sketched in lightly below. He wears a thick jacket with a dark cravat and a white shirt. Lithograph after a chalk and charcoal drawing by Eden Upton Eddis.
Inscribed below: ‘E.U. Eddis delt/M. Gauci lithg./G. B. GREENOUGH ESQR F.R.S. &c. &c./Printed by Grag & Soret.’
George Bellas Greenough (1778-1855), British Geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1807.
Inscribed below: ‘E.U. Eddis delt/M. Gauci lithg./G. B. GREENOUGH ESQR F.R.S. &c. &c./Printed by Grag & Soret.’
George Bellas Greenough (1778-1855), British Geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1807.