Portrait of Abraham Gotthelf Kästner
Date
c.1789
Sitter
Abraham Gotthelf Kastner (1719 - 1800) , Mathematician
Creator
K Mackenzie, Engraver
After
C Speclit (German) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 128mm
width (print): 128mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of A.G. Kästner, in profile, facing right as viewed. Wearing a short wig, dressed in an unbuttoned coat, waistcoat, and cravat. In an oval frame.
Frontispiece to The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.2, (1798-1799).
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.III. Vol.IX.’ and in pencil ‘1801’. Inscribed below, ‘A.G. KAESTNER. C. Speclit Pinxt. K. Mackenzie sculp’.
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719-1800), German mathematician, active at the Universities of Leipzig and Göttingen, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.
Frontispiece to The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.2, (1798-1799).
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.III. Vol.IX.’ and in pencil ‘1801’. Inscribed below, ‘A.G. KAESTNER. C. Speclit Pinxt. K. Mackenzie sculp’.
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719-1800), German mathematician, active at the Universities of Leipzig and Göttingen, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.
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