Accession No

3560

Brief Description

black and white engraving portrait of Thomas Young, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Henry Adlard, and Longmans and Company, 19th Century

Origin

Maker

Adlard, Henry Lawrence, Thomas Longmans and Company

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

h 195 mm w 118 mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. Pinxt (bottom left)
Henry Adlard. Sc. (bottom right)
Thomas Young (bottom centre) London: Longmans & CO. (below)

Description Notes

Unmounted b/w Stipple engraving showing head and shoulders of Thomas Young with his signature below. Engraved by Henry Adlard from a portrait by Thomas Lawrence. Fine condition. Complete.

References

Chris Haley; 'Thomas Young's wave experiments'; Explore Whipple Collections online article; Whipple Museum of the History of Science; University of Cambridge; 2008: https://www.whipplemuseum.cam.ac.uk/explore-whipple-collections/models/wave-machines/thomas-youngs-wave-experiments

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