Accession No

3502

Brief Description

engraving, portrait of Joseph Black, chemist, by John Kay, 1787

Origin

Maker

Kay, John

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1787

Latest Date

1787

Inscription Date

1787

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 197mm; breadth 126mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Barnard and Phelps, catalogue 4, item no. 510, 1973.

Inscription

‘J.L. Fect. 1787’ (bottom right of portrait)
‘Doctor Black -professor of
Chemistry - the most eminent
now in the world’ (handwritten on reverse)

Description Notes

Black and white print; portrait of Joseph Black.

Condition fair; complete.

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