Portrait of Bernard Germain de Lacépède
Date
c.1830
Sitter
Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756 - 1825, French) , Naturalist
Creator
François-Séraphin Delpech (1778 - 1825, French) , Lithographer
After
Nicolas Eustache Maurin (1799 - 1850, French) , Draughtsman
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Description
Half-length portrait showing Bernard Germain de Lacépède in a high-collared jacket with a military crest on his lapel. He is turned slightly to his right and is seen looking out towards the viewer with his hair combed backwards.
Inscribed below: ‘y. lith. de Delpech’ ‘Maurin’ ‘LACEPEDE.’
Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville-sur-Illon, Count of Lacépède (1756-1825), French naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1806.
Inscribed below: ‘y. lith. de Delpech’ ‘Maurin’ ‘LACEPEDE.’
Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville-sur-Illon, Count of Lacépède (1756-1825), French naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1806.