Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.19558

    Portrait of Francis Aston

    Date
    c.1838
    Sitter
    Francis Aston (1644 - 1715, British) , Natural philosopher
    Creator
    George Perfect Harding (1780 - 1853, British) , Artist
    After
    Friedrich Kerseboom (1632 - 1693, German) , Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (print): 310mm
    width (print): 220mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Francis Aston, turned to the left [as viewed], looking directly out at the camera, with red robe, white necktie and curled wig. From a portrait in the collection of the Royal Society.

    Painting from MS/648/5 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.

    Francis Aston (1644-1715), British natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1678.
    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.
    Related fellows
    Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
    Charles Turnor (1768 - 1853) , Collector
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