Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.1687

    Portrait of René Just Haüy

    Date
    1890s
    Sitter
    René Just Haüy (1743 - 2001, French) , Crystallographer
    Creator
    Léon Maurice Schützenberger (1863 - 1950, French) , Engraver
    After
    Unknown, Painter
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 165mm
    width (print): 135mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of René Just Haüy against a dark background. Haüy is wearing a long jacket with a clasp at the front and is looking out at the viewer. He has thin, grey hair trailing down either side of his face. Photogravure after an original painting by an unknown artist.

    Inscribed below: ‘Heliog. Schutzenberger Paris/haüy’ Annotated in pencil: ‘René Just Haüy, abbé./El. 1818’

    René Just Haüy (1743-1822), French Crystallographer, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1818.
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