Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9578
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Portrait of Nehemiah Grew
Date
1800
Sitter
Nehemiah Grew (1641 - 1712, British) , Botanist
Creator
James Newton (1748 - 1808, British) , Engraver
After
Robert White (1645 - 1703, British) , Engraver
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 266mm
width (print): 248mm
width (print): 248mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Grew in wig, robe and neck-cloth. A sprig of plant appears above.
Inscribed: “NEHEMIAH GREW, M.D. SECRETARY TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY.”
The print has been trimmed, removing a view of Gresham College which appears at the bottom of this work.
Nehemiah Grew was elected a Fellow of Royal Society in 1671. He acted as Curator of Plants at the Royal Society 1672-1673.
Inscribed: “NEHEMIAH GREW, M.D. SECRETARY TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY.”
The print has been trimmed, removing a view of Gresham College which appears at the bottom of this work.
Nehemiah Grew was elected a Fellow of Royal Society in 1671. He acted as Curator of Plants at the Royal Society 1672-1673.
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.26. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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