Sir Joseph Banks

• Engraved by William Dickinson, English. After the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds
  Made in London
• Plate: 18 x 13.5 in.
  Mezzotint on wove paper
• Not on display
• Gift of Fisher Scientific International
• Fisher Collection
• FA 2000.001.068
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

A portrait of the explorer and botanist Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820), who is seated at a desk with papers and a freestanding globe; to his right is an open window.

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