Portrait of Louis Francois Roubiliac
Date
18th century
Sitter
Louis François Roubiliac (1695 - 1762, French) , Sculptor
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Adrien Carpentiers (1713 - 1778, British) , Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 280mm
width (print): 175mm
width (print): 175mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Louis Francois Roubiliac, facing a full-length sculpture of Shakespeare, one hand holding a scraper, raised in action. With a long robe, white necktie and velvet hat. From a portrait by Adrien Carpentiers.
Inscribed below: ‘Louis Francis Roubiliac Statuary’
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.
Louis François Roubiliac (1702-1762), French sculptor was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below: ‘Louis Francis Roubiliac Statuary’
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.
Louis François Roubiliac (1702-1762), French sculptor 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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