Accession No

3811

Brief Description

portrait of Sir Charles Wheatstone, from Illustrated London News, English, 1868

Origin

England; London

Maker

The Illustrated London News [publisher]

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1868

Latest Date

1868

Inscription Date

8-2-1868

Material

paper (newspaper)

Dimensions

breadth 280mm; height 198mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from FE Whitehart.

Inscription

‘SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE, PROFESSOR OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY, KING’S COLLEGE.’ (below portrait)

Description Notes

Cutting from the Illustrated London News for Feb 8, 1868. Portrait of Wheatstone with related text on righthand side of picture and on reverse; this says that the portrait was engraved from a photograph by Messr. Hills and Saunders of Oxford. The article commemorated his receiving of a knighthood.

Condition good; complete.

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