Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.318
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Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Biot
Date
1853
Sitter
Jean Baptiste Biot (1774 - 1862, French) , Physicist
Creator
Henri-Victor Regnault (1810 - 1878, French) , Photographer
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 184mm
width (print): 152mm
height (mount): 304mm
width (mount): 233mm
width (print): 152mm
height (mount): 304mm
width (mount): 233mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three quarter length portrait of J-B Biot, seated and looking to camera. He is posed holding a book in his left hand, resting on his lap. His right arm rests on two books upon a small round table.
Inscribed in pencil below: “J B Biot aged 79 – by Prof Regnault.”
Jean-Baptiste Biot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815. The pioneering photographer Henri Victor Regnault was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1852.
Inscribed in pencil below: “J B Biot aged 79 – by Prof Regnault.”
Jean-Baptiste Biot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815. The pioneering photographer Henri Victor Regnault was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1852.
Transcription
J B Biot aged 79 – by Prof Regnault
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