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
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.
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].
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