Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1841
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Portrait of August Wilhelm Hofmann
Date
mid 19th century
Sitter
August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818 - 1892, German) , Chemist
Creator
Cook, Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 264mm
width (print): 176mm
width (print): 176mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Half length portrait of Hofmann, standing with his right hand crooked at the hip, the left resting upon book. The sitter is shown with spectacles and a short beard and moustaches. He wears a dark coat over a lighter waistcoat showing a watch-chain, white shirt and bow tie.
Inscribed: “Engraved by Cook from an original Portrait. PROFESSOR A.W.HOFMANN PH.D. PROFESSOR IN THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY. LONDON.” With a facsimile signature.
August Wilhelm Hofmann was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851.
Inscribed: “Engraved by Cook from an original Portrait. PROFESSOR A.W.HOFMANN PH.D. PROFESSOR IN THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY. LONDON.” With a facsimile signature.
August Wilhelm Hofmann was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851.
Transcription
Engraved by Cook from an original Portrait. PROFESSOR A.W.HOFMANN PH.D. PROFESSOR IN THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY. LONDON
Object history
Not noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918).
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