Portrait of Richard Kirwan
Date
1803
Sitter
Richard Kirwan (1733 - 1812, British) , Chemist
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 portrait of Richard Kirwan, inclined slightly to the right as viewed. Wearing a dark coat and stock, with a short wig.
Illustration [plate not numbered] for the article ‘Some account of Richard Kirwan, Esq., LL.D. F.R.S. and P.R.I.A.’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.14, (1802-1803), pp.353-355.
Inscribed below, ‘Richard Kirwan Esq. L.L.D. F.R.S. and P.R.I.A. Engraved by Mackenzie from an Original Portrait in the possession of George Pearson M.D. F.R.S. &c. Published by A. Tilloch Carey Street Feby. 1 1803.’.
Richard Kirwan (1749-1823), British chemist and mineralogist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1780.
Illustration [plate not numbered] for the article ‘Some account of Richard Kirwan, Esq., LL.D. F.R.S. and P.R.I.A.’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.14, (1802-1803), pp.353-355.
Inscribed below, ‘Richard Kirwan Esq. L.L.D. F.R.S. and P.R.I.A. Engraved by Mackenzie from an Original Portrait in the possession of George Pearson M.D. F.R.S. &c. Published by A. Tilloch Carey Street Feby. 1 1803.’.
Richard Kirwan (1749-1823), British chemist and mineralogist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1780.
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