Portrait of Jacobus Houbraken
Date
18th century
Sitter
Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780, Dutch) , Engraver
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780, Dutch) , Engraver
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 405mm
width (print): 290mm
width (print): 290mm
Subject
Description
Seated portrait of Jacobus Houbraken, looking left of the viewer, holding a copper plate in one hand, and a scraper in the other. Behind, a book case and a bust is visible. From a self-portrait by Houbraken.
Inscribed below: ‘Jacobus Houbraken’
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.
Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780), Dutch engraver, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below: ‘Jacobus Houbraken’
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.
Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780), Dutch engraver, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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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