Portrait of James Gregorie
Date
late 18th century
Sitter
James Gregorie (1638 - 1675, Scottish) , Mathematician
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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Description
Head and shoulders portrait of James Gregorie, turned slightly right [as viewed], looking out at the viewer. With hair long, a dark gown and a white collar.
Inscribed below: ‘Dr Gregory’
Engraving from MS/648/3, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
James Gregorie (1638-1675), Scottish mathematician and astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1668.
Inscribed below: ‘Dr Gregory’
Engraving from MS/648/3, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
James Gregorie (1638-1675), Scottish mathematician and astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1668.
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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