Portrait of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs
Date
ca.1891
Sitter
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824 - 1907, British)
Creator
Thomas Hamilton Crawford (1860, British) , Engraver
After
Hubert von Herkomer (1849 - 1914, British) , Painter
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Description
Seated, three quarter length portrait of William Thomson, his hands folded in his lap. He wears a white shirt and black suit jacket underneath his University [of Cambridge?] robes, and wears his beard long. The wooden turned arms of his chair are visible on either side.
Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner: 'T. Hamilton Crawford'
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs, (1824–1907), mathematician and physicist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851.
Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner: 'T. Hamilton Crawford'
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs, (1824–1907), mathematician and physicist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851.
Object history
Purchased by The Royal Society in 2020.
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