Portrait of Nicholas Saunderson
Date
1754
Sitter
Nicholas Saunderson (1682 - 1739, British) , Mathematician
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
the elder Vanderbank (1659, British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
R62588
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 128mm
width (print): 128mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Nicholas Saunderson, turned to the left as viewed, the eyes closed (Saunderson’s sight was lost as a child, the result of a smallpox infection). In academic dress, with a long wig, dark robe and bands. Presented in an oval, on a pedestal, with an armillary sphere below. The oval bears the text: ‘NIC SAUNDERSON. L.L.D. MATHESEOS PROFESSOR LUCASIANUS ob. 19 Apr. 1739 Aet. 57.’
Illustration for an article on the: ‘Life of Professor Saunderson’. The Gentleman’s Magazine, and historical chronicle…[edited] by Sylvanus Urban, v.24, (1754) pp.372-374.
Inscribed above: ‘Gent: Mag: Sep: 1754.’ Inscribed below: ‘Clarius amiso describit lumine lumen/Atq. Oculo mentis nobiliora videt’.
Nicholas Saunderson (1682-1739) British mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718.
Illustration for an article on the: ‘Life of Professor Saunderson’. The Gentleman’s Magazine, and historical chronicle…[edited] by Sylvanus Urban, v.24, (1754) pp.372-374.
Inscribed above: ‘Gent: Mag: Sep: 1754.’ Inscribed below: ‘Clarius amiso describit lumine lumen/Atq. Oculo mentis nobiliora videt’.
Nicholas Saunderson (1682-1739) British mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718.
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