| Description | Half-length portrait of Johann Jakob Scheuchzer turned to the right and looking straight at viewer. He wears jacket with an open collared shirt and holds a cape draped across his right arm. The background shows a mountainous landscape with a waterfall and there are fossil and coral specimens set on a table in foreground.
Inscribed 'Melchior Fusslinus Tigur. pinx. Jos. Nutting Lond. Sculp.t. JOHANNES JACOBUS SCHEUCHZERUS, Med D Helvetio-Tigurinus SOC. Reg: Lond. Et ACAD Nat. Gur. Dictus ACARNAN Nat. IV. Non Aug. 1672’. |