Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.2222
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Portrait of Joseph Louis Lagrange
Date
ca.1834-1837
Sitter
Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736 - 1813, Italian) , Astronomer
Creator
Robert Hart (British) , Engraver
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 273mm
width (print): 183mm
width (print): 183mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Lagrange, shown half-face to the left as viewed, with natural white hair. He wears a medal decoration on the left lapel.
Inscribed: “Engraved by Robt. Hart. LA GRANGE. From a Bust in the Library of the Institute of France. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.” In pencil lower left “Elected [1789 struck through] 1791”.
Joseph Louis Lagrange was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1791.
Inscribed: “Engraved by Robt. Hart. LA GRANGE. From a Bust in the Library of the Institute of France. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.” In pencil lower left “Elected [1789 struck through] 1791”.
Joseph Louis Lagrange was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1791.
Transcription
Engraved by Robt. Hart. LA GRANGE. From a Bust in the Library of the Institute of France. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.
Elected [1789 struck through] 1791
Elected [1789 struck through] 1791
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.43.
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