Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9528
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Portrait of Pieter Camper
Date
1778
Sitter
Petrus Camper (1722 - 1789, Dutch) , Physician
Creator
Reinier Vinkeles (1741 - 1816, Dutch) , Draftsman
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 145mm
width (print): 145mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulder portrait within a decorative oval framing device with laurel leaves. Camper is viewed from behind, head turned in near profile.
Inscribed: “PETRUS CAMPER. Reinr.Vinkeles ad vivum delin. et sculp,1778”. Inscribed in ink “Wadd” and in pencil lower left “1750” and lower right “1/6”.
Pieter [Petrus] Camper was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1750.
Inscribed: “PETRUS CAMPER. Reinr.Vinkeles ad vivum delin. et sculp,1778”. Inscribed in ink “Wadd” and in pencil lower left “1750” and lower right “1/6”.
Pieter [Petrus] Camper was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1750.
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.13. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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