| RefNo | P/0066 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Portrait of Thomas Hobbes |
| Artist | Jaspers; John Baptist (d.1691); scholar |
| Date | c.1661 |
| Description | Head and shoulders, full face. He was born in 1588 and died in 1679. He was not a Fellow. He wrote on political and moral philosophy and his main scientific interest was in optics |
| ObjectName | Painting |
| Materials | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 749 x 635 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 John Aubrey FRS, 1670 |
| RelatedMaterial | Colour transparency, Box N101. IM/002140 |
| RelatedRecord | IM/002140 |
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