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Print (Engraving) of J. T. Desaguliers, by James Tookey after Hans Hysing, Late 18th or Early 19th Century

Inventory Number 59227


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.59227

Item type
Object
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Physical technique
Engraving
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 246mm Width: 151mm
Inventory No
59227

Description

Engraved copy of the Hysing portrait showing Desaguliers with a magnifying lens and a prism. A later, slightly inferior version (compared to Pelham's 1725 mezzotint 13354).