Accession No

3941

Brief Description

portrait of Leeuwenhoek print, by J. Chapman, 1813

Origin

Maker

Chapman, J.

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1813

Latest Date

1813

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 339mm; breadth 269mm (including frame)

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘J. Chapman
sculp.’
‘LEEWENHOEK’

Description Notes

Colour print. Stipple engraving. Oval portrait with small box illustration below. Surrounding paper discoloured and slightly blemished.

Mounted and framed.

Condition: fair; complete.

References

James Hyslop & Liba Taub; 'A Dutch pioneer: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek'; 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/microscopes/dutch-pioneer-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek

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