Portrait of Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu with a view of the Tuileries Palace
Date
1803
Sitter
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748 - 1836, French) , Botanist
Creator
William Evans (British) , Engraver
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Dimensions
height (print): 497mm
width (print): 355mm
width (print): 355mm
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Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu within an oval frame surmounted by laurel branches. Jussieu is turned slightly to his left and is shown in a dark jacket with embroidered lapels and white shirt. Below his portrait is a landscape view of the Tuileries Palace seen from the opposing bank of the Seine river in Paris.
Inscribed below: 'ANTOINE DE JUSSIEU, N.I./Professor of Botany of the National Institute.' 'View of the Thuilleries at Paris.' 'Thevenin pinxt/Evans Sculpt/London, Published by Dr Thornton, March 1, 1803.'
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748-1836), French botanist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1829.
Inscribed below: 'ANTOINE DE JUSSIEU, N.I./Professor of Botany of the National Institute.' 'View of the Thuilleries at Paris.' 'Thevenin pinxt/Evans Sculpt/London, Published by Dr Thornton, March 1, 1803.'
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748-1836), French botanist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1829.