Portrait of Joseph Lister
Date
1897
Sitter
Joseph Lister (1827 - 1912, British) , Surgeon
Creator
Samuel Begg (1854 - 1936, New Zealander) , Illustrator
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 300mm
width (print): 220mm
width (print): 220mm
Subject
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Description
Three-quarter length portrait of Joseph Lister standing behind a desk with Royal Society mace resting on a cushion in front of him and a John Vanderbank portrait of Isaac Newton (P/0094) in the background. Halftone print for the London Illustrated News after an original watercolour by Samuel Begg.
Inscribed above: ‘No. 3012.-VOL. CX.’ ‘SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1897.’ ‘SIXPENCE./BY POST, 6½D.’ ‘PORTRAIT OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON.’ Inscribed below: ‘THE NEW YEAR HONOURS: SIR JOSEPH LISTER, BART., PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, RAISED TO THE PEERAGE.’
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis (1827-1912), British surgeon, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1860. He served as President between 1895-1900, delivered the Croonian Lecture in 1863 and was awarded the Royal Medal in 1880 and the Copley Medal in 1902.
Inscribed above: ‘No. 3012.-VOL. CX.’ ‘SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1897.’ ‘SIXPENCE./BY POST, 6½D.’ ‘PORTRAIT OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON.’ Inscribed below: ‘THE NEW YEAR HONOURS: SIR JOSEPH LISTER, BART., PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, RAISED TO THE PEERAGE.’
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis (1827-1912), British surgeon, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1860. He served as President between 1895-1900, delivered the Croonian Lecture in 1863 and was awarded the Royal Medal in 1880 and the Copley Medal in 1902.