Portrait of Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers
Date
1802
Sitter
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758 - 1840, German) , Astronomer
Creator
K Mackenzie, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 128mm
width (print): 128mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders H.W.M. Olbers, body angled to the right as viewed, looking directly at the viewer. Wearing a dark coat, striped waistcoat, and cravat. In an oval frame.
Illustration [plate not numbered] for the article ‘Some account of Dr. Olbers, the celebrated astronomer’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.13, (1802), pp.64-67.
Inscribed below, ‘Dr. Olbers. Engd. by Mackenzie from an Original Picture. Published by A. Tilloch Carey Street July 1st 1802.’.
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758-1840), German astronomer and discoverer of the minor planets or asteroids Pallas and Vesta. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1804.
Illustration [plate not numbered] for the article ‘Some account of Dr. Olbers, the celebrated astronomer’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.13, (1802), pp.64-67.
Inscribed below, ‘Dr. Olbers. Engd. by Mackenzie from an Original Picture. Published by A. Tilloch Carey Street July 1st 1802.’.
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758-1840), German astronomer and discoverer of the minor planets or asteroids Pallas and Vesta. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1804.
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