Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.21196

    Portrait of Erasmus Darwin

    Date
    1807
    Creator
    William Holl (1771 - 1838, British) , Engraver
    After
    J. Rawlinson (British) , Painter
    Object type
    Library reference
    9183
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 210mm
    width (print): 128mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Erasmus Darwin, body angled to the left as viewed. The sitter is wearing an opened coat and buttoned waistcoat, with a cravat.

    Frontispiece illustration [plate not numbered], The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.29, (1807-1808).

    Inscribed below, ‘ERASMUS DARWIN, M.D. Engraved by Holl, from the original painting by Rawlinson, in the possession of Dr. Thornton. Published October 31st 1807 by A. Tilloch, Carey Street.’

    Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), British physician and natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1761.
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