Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.1686

    Portrait of Charles Hatchett

    Date
    c.1840
    Sitter
    Charles Hatchett (1765 - 2002, British) , Chemist and Mineralogist, Mineralogist
    Creator
    Frederick Christian Lewis (1779 - 1856, British) , Engraver
    After
    Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845, British) , Artist
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 120mm
    width (print): 95mm
    Description
    Half-length portrait of Charles Hatchett in profile, facing to his right. Hatchett’s head is depicted in the greatest details with his jacket sketched in lightly below. He is shown with short, neat hair combed backwards and is wearing formal jacket with a white cravat around his neck.

    Inscribed below: ‘C. Hatchett, Esqr F.R.S. &c./T Phillips, R.A./F. C. Lewis, Engraver to/H.R.H. the late Prins Charlotte & R. Leopold’

    Charles Hatchett (1765-1847), British chemist and mineralogist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1797. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1798.
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