Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.2251
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Portrait of Pierre-Simon Laplace
Date
19th century
Sitter
Marquis de Laplace Pierre Simon Laplace (1749 - 1827, French) , Mathematician
Creator
James Posselwhite (1798 - 1884, British) , Engraver
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 273mm
width (print): 190mm
width (print): 190mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Laplace wearing decorations on his dark coat and a ribbon over his embroidered waistcoat. Laplace looks to the right as viewed.
Inscribed: “Engraved by J. Posselwhite. LA PLACE. From an original Picture by Negeon in the possession of the Marchioness De la Place. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight Pall Mall East.” In pencil lower left: “Born 1749 Elec 1789”.
Pierre-Simon Laplace was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.
Inscribed: “Engraved by J. Posselwhite. LA PLACE. From an original Picture by Negeon in the possession of the Marchioness De la Place. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight Pall Mall East.” In pencil lower left: “Born 1749 Elec 1789”.
Pierre-Simon Laplace was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.
Transcription
Engraved by J. Posselwhite. LA PLACE. From an original Picture by Negeon in the possession of the Marchioness De la Place. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight Pall Mall East.
Born 1749 Elec 1789
Born 1749 Elec 1789
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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