Accession No

5775

Brief Description

print, portrait of William Hyde Wollaston, chemist and physicist famous for discovering chemical elements palladium and rhodium, by Fisher, Son and Company, J. Jackson, and J. Thomson, English, 1829

Origin

England; London

Maker

Fisher, Son and Company Jackson, J. Thomson, J.

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1829

Latest Date

1829

Inscription Date

1829

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 259mm; width 180mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from an individual, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge, England on 01/02/1999.

Inscription

‘J. Jackson, Esq.R.A. J. Thomson.’ (below picture)
‘WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON, M.D. F.R.S.’ (BELOW PICTURE)
‘WH Wollaston ’ (signed below the picture)
‘FISHER, SON & CO. LONDON. 1829.’ (below picture)

Description Notes

Print. Black and white portrait of Wollaston, William. Signed by Wollaston.

Condition: fair.

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