R. Lovett, of the Cathedral Church of Worcester

• Robert Hancock, English. After I. Wright
• Image: 12.5 x 10 in.
  Mezzotint on wove paper
• Not on display
• Gift of Fisher Scientific International
• Fisher Collection
• FA 2000.001.056
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

A mezzotint of Richard Lovett (1692–1780), a British physicist who wrote Philosophical Essays in Three Parts, which he appears to be reading here. He also wrote a brief theory of the north magnetic pole, and the mariner's compass needle.

Inscription

Author of Philosophical Essays in Three Parts.