Portrait of John Robison
Date
1799
Sitter
John Robinson (1739 - 1805, British) , Physicist
Creator
K Mackenzie, Engraver
After
James Tassie (1735 - 1799, British) , Modeler
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 128mm
width (print): 128mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of John Robison, in profile, facing left as viewed. Wearing a short wig, en queue, dressed in coat, with cravat, and academic robe. There is a curtain in the background. The image is within an oval frame.
Frontispiece to The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.4, (1799).
Inscribed below, ‘DR. JOHN ROBISON, [apparently corrected on the plate from Robeson] PR. Of NAT. PHIL. EDINBURGH From Tassie Mackenzie sc.’.
John Robison (1739-1805), British physicist, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh University.
Frontispiece to The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.4, (1799).
Inscribed below, ‘DR. JOHN ROBISON, [apparently corrected on the plate from Robeson] PR. Of NAT. PHIL. EDINBURGH From Tassie Mackenzie sc.’.
John Robison (1739-1805), British physicist, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh University.
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