Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.21211

    Portrait of Joseph Priestley

    Date
    1805
    Sitter
    Joseph Priestley (1733 - 1804, British) , Natural Philosopher
    Creator
    E. Mackenzie (1810, American) , Engraver
    Object type
    Library reference
    9183
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 210mm
    width (print): 128mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Joseph Priestley, in profile, facing to the right as viewed.

    Illustration [plate not numbered], from the paper ‘Short account of the life of the late Dr. Priestley’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.22, (1805), pp.166-171.

    Inscribed below, ‘J. Priestley, L.L.D. FR.S. Engraved by E. Mackenzie from a Basso Relievo Modelled from the Life. Published July 31st 1805, by A.Tilloch, Cary Street.’.

    Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), British natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766.
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