Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1712
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Portrait of John Heaviside
Date
1847
Sitter
John Heaviside (British) , Surgeon
Creator
John Cochran (British) , Engraver
After
William Beechey (1753 - 1839, British) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 113mm
width (print): 89mm
width (print): 89mm
Subject
Description
Half length portrait, body turned to the viewer’s left.
Inscribed below in ink: “John Heaviside FRS.” In pencil lower left “1797”.
John Heaviside was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1797.
Inscribed below in ink: “John Heaviside FRS.” In pencil lower left “1797”.
John Heaviside was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1797.
Transcription
John Heaviside FRS
1797
1797
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.29. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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