Portrait of Elias Ashmole
Date
1656
Sitter
Elias Ashmole (1617 - 1692, British) , Antiquary
Creator
William Faithorne (1620 - 1691, British) , Engraver
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Dimensions
height (print): 330mm
width (print): 365mm
width (print): 365mm
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Description
Head and shoulders sculpture bust of Elias Ashmole. The bust is turned slightly to the right [as viewed], on a pedestal engraved ‘ELIAS ASHMOLE’, under a stone archway.
Painting from MS/648/2, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) British astrologer and antiquary was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1661.
Painting from MS/648/2, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) British astrologer and antiquary was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1661.
Object history
Charles Turnor presented his Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men … to the Royal Society in 1837.
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