Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.9532
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    Portrait of Peter Collinson

    Date
    19th century
    Sitter
    Peter Collinson (1694 - 1768, British) , Botanist
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    Object type
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    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 94mm
    width (print): 82mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Botany
    Description
    Oval head and shoulders portrait of Collinson.

    Inscribed: “PETER COLLINSON. FRS: SAS: ACAD.REG.BEROL: et SVEC.SOC. ”

    Peter Collinson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1728.
    Object history
    Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.11. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
    Associated place
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