Stephen Hales; with a vignette of his experiments on plant physiology. Line engraving by J. Hopwood, 1807, after T. Hudson.

  • Hudson, Thomas, 1701-1779.
Date:
1807
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3914i
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Physiologist and inventor, curate of Teddington, Fellow of the Royal Society, and a founder of the Royal Society of Arts

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1807

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The Rev.d Dr Stephen Hales F.R.S. author of Vegetable statics. Coates R.A. pinx.t ; Hopwood sculp.t

Creator/production credits

The lettering attributes the portrait to "Coates" (Francis Cotes), apparently in error, since the figure is the same as in a mezzotint portrait after Thomas Hudson

References note

R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 1274.2
Not found in: Edward Mead Johnson, Francis Cotes, Oxford 1976

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Wellcome Collection 3914i

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