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RefNoIM/003111
LevelItem
TitleMilner, Isaac
ArtistFacius; Johann Gottlieb (1750 - 1802); engraver
Date1798
DescriptionThree-quarter length seated portrait of Isaac Milner in dark robes and a white cravat, shown within a dark room. Towards the left edge of the image a glass retort can be seen suspended over a small furnace, referencing his method for producing nitrous acid which was published in 1789 in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Engraved after John Opie (1761 - 1807).
InscriptionContent‘J. Opie pinx.’ ‘Facius sculp. 1798.’ ‘ISAACUS MILNER. S.T.P., S.R. SOC. / Decanus Ecclesiæ Cathedralis Carleolensis, / olim Chemiae & Philosophie nauralis, nunc Matheseos Professor apud Cantabrigienses, / Et Collegii Reginalis Prœses.’
ObjectNameEngraving
MaterialsBlack and white engraving
AccessStatusOpen
CopyrightThe Royal Society
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7246Milner; Isaac (1750 - 1820)1750 - 1820
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