Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.2126

    Portrait of James Keir

    Date
    c.1820
    Sitter
    James Keir (1735 - 1820, British) , Chemist
    Creator
    William Henry Worthington (1790 - 1839, British) , Engraver
    After
    L. de Longastre (1747 - 1806, British) , Painter
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    Material
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 280mm
    width (print): 255mm
    Subject
    Description
    Three-quarter length seated portrait showing James Keir turned halfway towards his left with a book resting on his right knee. He is seen wearing a dark coat, white shirt and a white cravat. Behind him a fluted column can be seen on the right of the image with a draped curtain on the left.

    Inscribed below: ‘JAMES KEIR, ESQR F.R.S. &c.’

    James Keir (1735-1820), British chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1785.
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