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Print (Engraving) of Charles Hutton by Thomson after bronze medal by Benjamin Wyon, published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, 1823

Inventory Number 56789


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.56789

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Wyon fecit. Thomson sculp. Title below engraving of measuring instruments: "Fulmina Belli. Pondusq. Terræ æstimata." Facsimile of signature followed by L.L.D. F.R.S. &c. &c. Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, April 1. 1823
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Physical technique
Stipple engraving
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 199mm Width: 121mm
Inventory No
56789

Description

Stipple engraving. Round profile portrait with depiction of mathematical measuring instruments below.