| RefNo | P/0063 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Portrait of Sir John Frederick William Herschel |
| Artist | Jensen; Christian Albrecht (1792 - 1870); painter |
| Date | 1843 |
| Description | Half length, right profile |
| Caption | Sir John Herschel (1792-1871)
By Christian Albrecht Jensen, 1843
Oil on canvas
The son of the astronomer William Herschel, John was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1813 at the age of 21. He was one of the founders of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1820 and served three terms as its president. He named seven of the moons of Saturn and four of the moons of Uranus, the seventh planet that had been discovered by his father in 1781.
Presented by Sir John Evans, 1877.
P/0063 |
| ObjectName | Painting |
| Materials | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 679 x 527 mm |
| Notes | Robinson, Norman H and Forbes, Eric G 'The Royal Society catalogue of portraits' (London: Royal Society, 1980) |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | The Royal Society |
| Provenance | Presented by Sir John Evans FRS, 1877 |
| RelatedMaterial | Colour negative, Box N101; colour tiff, Richardiii/Portrait tifffs/Herschel P0063 |
| RelatedRecord | IM/002051 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |