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RefNoP/0066
LevelItem
TitlePortrait of Hobbes, Thomas
ArtistGaspars, Jan B
DescriptionHead 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
ObjectNamePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions749 x 635 mm
NotesRobinson, Norman H and Forbes, Eric G 'The Royal Society catalogue of portraits' (London: Royal Society, 1980)
AccessStatusOpen
ProvenancePresented by John Aubrey FRS, 1670
RelatedMaterialColour transparency, Box N101. IM/002140
RelatedRecordIM/002140
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