Portrait of Leonhard Euler
Date
mid 18th century
Sitter
Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783) , Mathematician
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Joseph Friedrich August Darbes (1747, German) , Artist
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 263mm
width (print): 195mm
width (print): 195mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Leonhard Euler, turned to the left as viewed, with fur lined jacket, fur hat and white necktie. From a portrait by Joseph Friedrich August Darbes.
Inscribed: ‘F. Darbes pinx F.Bartolomi sculpt’
Engraving 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.
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
Inscribed: ‘F. Darbes pinx F.Bartolomi sculpt’
Engraving 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.
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
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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