Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.2226
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Portrait of Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande
Date
19th century
Sitter
Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732 - 1807, French) , Astronomer
Creator
Auguste Adrien Jouanin (1806 - 1887, French) , Engraver
After
G. Ely, Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 296mm
width (print): 214mm
width (print): 214mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Lalande, shown bare-headed and half-facing to the left as viewed.
Inscribed: “Gravé d’apres l’orginal peint par Ely par Jouannin. J. DE LALANDE Celebre Astronome ne en 1782 mort en 1807.” In pencil lower left “1763”.
Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763.
Inscribed: “Gravé d’apres l’orginal peint par Ely par Jouannin. J. DE LALANDE Celebre Astronome ne en 1782 mort en 1807.” In pencil lower left “1763”.
Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763.
Transcription
Gravé d’apres l’orginal peint par Ely par Jouannin. J. DE LALANDE Celebre Astronome ne en 1782 mort en 1807.
1763
1763
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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