Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.2227

    Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

    Date
    1890s
    Sitter
    Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744 - 1829, French) , Naturalist
    Creator
    Léon Maurice Schützenberger (1863 - 1950, French) , Engraver
    After
    Charles Thévenin (1764 - 1838, French) , Painter
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 195mm
    width (print): 150mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Evolution
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck turned slightly to the right, as viewed. He is seen wearing a dark jacket with embroidered lapels and white cravat. Photogravure after a painted portrait by Charles Thévenin.

    Inscribed below: ‘Heliog. Schutzberger, Paris.’ ‘Thévenin, Pint’ ‘Lamarck’ ‘Extrait des Nouvelles Archives du Museum/Masson & Cie Editeurs’

    Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829), French naturalist, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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