Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1570
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Portrait of Edmond Halley
Date
ca. 1830s
Sitter
Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
Creator
William Thomas Fry (1789 - 1843, British) , Engraver
After
Michael Dahl (1659 - 1743, Swedish) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (print): 271mm
width (print): 187mm
width (print): 187mm
Subject
Description
Edmond Halley as an old man, wearing a loose black robe over a lighter coat. Beneath that, a white shirt with a fine squared collar at the neck. He wears a shoulder length wig. Behind him, in a curtained recess, are two bound books on a shelf.
Inscribed “Engraved by W.T.Fry from an original Picture ascribed to Dahl in the possession of the Royal Society. HALLEY. WILLIAM MACKENZIE, GALSGOW EDINBURGH LONDON & NEW YORK”.
Edmond Halley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1678.
Inscribed “Engraved by W.T.Fry from an original Picture ascribed to Dahl in the possession of the Royal Society. HALLEY. WILLIAM MACKENZIE, GALSGOW EDINBURGH LONDON & NEW YORK”.
Edmond Halley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1678.
Transcription
Engraved by W.T.Fry from an original Picture ascribed to Dahl in the possession of the Royal Society. HALLEY. WILLIAM MACKENZIE, GALSGOW EDINBURGH LONDON & NEW YORK
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