Accession No

5926

Brief Description

engraving, portrait of Robert Jameson, mineralogist and Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh, by J. Jenkins after Kenneth Macleay, English, 1847

Origin

London, England

Maker

Jenkins, J. [engraver] Macleay, Kenneth [original artist] Fisher, Son and Company [publisher]

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1847

Latest Date

1847

Inscription Date

1847

Material

paper

Dimensions

Length 248mm; width 182mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased on or before 20/05/2003.

Inscription

Painted by Kenneth Macleay. Esq.r
Engraved by J. Jenkins
ROBERT JAMESON, ESQ. F.R.S.L&E.
REGIUS PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.
(reproduced signature in pen) Robert Jameson
FISHER, SON & C.O LONDON, 1847
(On reverse of print written in pencil handwriting) Mineralogist

Description Notes

Stipple engraving of Robert Jameson, mineralogist (1774-1854).

References

Events

Description
Robert Jameson was born in July 1774 in Leith, Scotland. He was originally a medical apprentice but quickly realised that his real interests lay in natural history. At the University of Edinburgh he assisted the then professor of natural history, John Walker, and was given charge of the university museum.

After studying at the mining academy, Freiberg Saxony, Jameson took the chair of natural history at Edinburgh University in 1804, a post which he held until his death.

Jameson is most well know for his work on mineralogy and his mapping of the mineralogy in Scotland but he also founded the ‘Edinburgh Philosophical Journal’ and was its sole editor for thirty years.

Jameson’s geological specimens formed the basis of he collection of the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh. Some of his most notable works include ‘Mineralogy of the Scottish Isles’ (1800), ‘Elements of Geognosy’ (1809) and ‘Mineralogical Travels through the Hebrides, Orkeny and Shetland Islands’ (1813).
11/07/2003
Created by: Tudor. Rebecca on 11/07/2003

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