Joseph Black (1728-1799), Chemist and physician
Sitter in 5 portraits
Chemist and physicist; he discovered carbon dioxide and proposed the theories of specific and latent heat.
by James Tassie
glass paste medallion, 1788
On display in Room 13 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3238
'Philosophers' (James Hutton; Joseph Black)
by John Kay
etching and aquatint, 1787
NPG D14215
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