Portrait of Jesse Ramsden
Date
1803
Sitter
Jesse Ramsden (1735 - 1800, British) , Instrument maker
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 128mm
width (print): 128mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Jesse Ramsden, turned slightly to the left as viewed and looking to the viewer. He wears a buttoned coat and cravat. Presented in an oval.
Frontispiece to The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.16, (1803).
Inscribed below, ‘Mr. Ramsden. Engraved by C. Knight from an original in the possession of Mr. Colnaght. London. Published Augst. 31. 1803. By A. Tilloch, Carey Street.’.
Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800), British instrument maker, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1786.
Frontispiece to The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.16, (1803).
Inscribed below, ‘Mr. Ramsden. Engraved by C. Knight from an original in the possession of Mr. Colnaght. London. Published Augst. 31. 1803. By A. Tilloch, Carey Street.’.
Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800), British instrument maker, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1786.
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