Portrait of Benjamin Daydon Jackson
Date
c.1930
Sitter
Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1846 - 1927, British) , Botanist
Creator
Unknown, Printer
After
Ernest Moore (1865 - 1940, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 334mm
width (print): 258mm
width (print): 258mm
Subject
Description
Half-length seated portrait of Benjamin Daydon Jackson in a dark jacket and white shirt. He is shown wearing spectacles and a wedding ring and has a white beard. He is seen in a dark leather armchair and is presented against a dark background.
Inscribed below: ‘Benjamin Daydon Jackson/From the painting by Ernest Moore/presented to the Linnean Society by/Fellows and others friends, 1926.’
Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1846-1927), British botanist and taxonomer, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. He frequently corresponded with the Royal Society as Secretary of the Linnean Society.
Inscribed below: ‘Benjamin Daydon Jackson/From the painting by Ernest Moore/presented to the Linnean Society by/Fellows and others friends, 1926.’
Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1846-1927), British botanist and taxonomer, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. He frequently corresponded with the Royal Society as Secretary of the Linnean Society.