Accession No

5866

Brief Description

portrait of John Stevens Henslow, depicted with a pile of books and a reading glass, by Thomas Herbert Maguire, English, 1851

Origin

England

Maker

Maguire, Thomas Herbert

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1851

Latest Date

1851

Inscription Date

1851

Material

paper

Dimensions

width 440mm; height 600mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased by an individual at the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge on behalf of the museum, on or before 13/05/2002.

Inscription

pencil inscription by the artist in picture;
“J H . Maguire
1851”
underneath portrait in pen and ink;
“J. J. Henslow”
in bottom right corner in pencil;
“Prof of Botany Cambridge”

Description Notes

Portrait of John Stevens Henslow depicted with a pile of books and a reading glass.

Condition is fair

References

Boris Jardine; 'The Henslows: two generations of Cambridge botanists'; Explore Whipple Collections online article; Whipple Museum of the History of Science; University of Cambridge; 2007: https://www.whipplemuseum.cam.ac.uk/explore-whipple-collections/microscopes/henslows-two-generations-cambridge-botanists

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