Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.22007

    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
    After
    Charles Thévenin (1764 - 1838, French) , Painter
    Thomas Girtin (1775 - 1802, British) , Painter
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 497mm
    width (print): 355mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Botany
    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.
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