Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.3221

    Portrait of Adolphe Quetelet

    Date
    c.1840s
    Sitter
    Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796 - 1874, Belgian) , Statistician
    Creator
    Unknown, Lithographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 165mm
    width (print): 155mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of Adolphe Quetelet in profile. He is shown turned towards his right, wearing a dark jacket and a white shirt.

    Annotated below in pencil: ‘A Quetelet’ ‘From Sir E. Sabine’s Collection’.

    Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796-1874), Belgian statistician and astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839.
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