Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.1662

    Portrait of William Snow Harris

    Date
    c.1842
    Sitter
    William Snow Harris (1791 - 1867, British) , Electrical engineer
    Creator
    James Dickson (British) , Artist
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 285mm
    width (print): 225mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of William Snow Harris turned slightly to the right in a double-breasted jacket. Harris is shown with short, dark hair with his eyes looking towards his left.

    Inscribed below: ‘Drawn from Life & on Stone by J. Dickson Esqe/PROOF/William Snow Harris/F.R.S./Published by J. Dickson. 114 New Bond St.’ Affixed with the Royal Society stamp reading ‘Soc.Reg.Lond.’

    Sir William Snow Harris (1791-1867), British physician and electrical engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1835 and delivered the Bakerian Lecture in 1839.
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