Portrait of James Gregorie
Date
1798
Sitter
James Gregorie (1638 - 1675, Scottish) , Mathematician
Creator
Edward Harding (1755 - 1840, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
J Herbert, Publisher
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 402mm
width (print): 303mm
width (print): 303mm
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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, holding a celestial globe.
Inscribed below: ‘Buchaniae Comes del. Pub. By I. Herbert 1. Jan 1798 E. Harding Sc.
JAMES GREGORY,
Inventor of the reflecting Telescope
from an original in the possession of Mr. Carnegy. Aberdeen’
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: ‘Buchaniae Comes del. Pub. By I. Herbert 1. Jan 1798 E. Harding Sc.
JAMES GREGORY,
Inventor of the reflecting Telescope
from an original in the possession of Mr. Carnegy. Aberdeen’
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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