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
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.
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.