Accession No

3560

Brief Description

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

Origin

England; London

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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