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Sir Humphrey Davy Bart.

  • Engraved by Samuel William Reynolds, English. After a painting by Thomas Phillips
  • Paper: 7.25 x 5.5 in.
    Mezzotint on wove paper
  • Not on display
  • Gift of Fisher Scientific International
  • Fisher Collection
  • FA 2000.001.013
  • No known copyright restrictions

Description

A portrait of Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829) seated at a desk with a burner lamp on his left and a quill in a holder in the foreground.

Inscription

Sir Humphrey Davy Bart. President of the Royal Society &c. &c. &c.

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