Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.21147

    Portrait of Angelo Cesaris

    Date
    early 19th century
    Sitter
    Angelo Cesaris (1749 - 1832, Italian) , Astronomer
    Creator
    Paolo Caronni (1774 - 1842, Italian) , Engraver
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 110mm
    width (print): 85mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Angelo Cesaris in an oval frame.

    Inscribed: ‘N Mellini dis. P Caronni inc./ CAV. ABATE ANGELO CESARIS’ with further handwritten annotation ‘From Sir E. Sabine’s Collection’

    Angelo Cesaris (1749-1832), Italian astronomer, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
    Object history
    From a collection of engraved portraits bequeathed to the Society by Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883) PRS in 1884 [CMP/5/74].
    Associated place
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