Sir James Edward Smith
(1759-1828), BotanistRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 6 portraits
Botanist and founder of the Linnean Society of London; purchased the library and collections of the Swedish naturalist, Linnaeus, 1784. He published his most enduring work English Botany, 1790-1814, in 36 volumes and Flora Britannica 1800-4.
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, circa 1825
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by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, circa 1825
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Sir James Edward Smith with 'The Pursuit of the Ship containing the Linnaean Collection'
by William Ridley, published by Robert John Thornton, after John Russell
stipple and line engraving, published 25 March 1800
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Sir James Edward Smith with 'The Pursuit of the Shop containing the Linnaean Collection'
by William Ridley, published by Robert John Thornton, after John Russell
stipple and line engraving, published 25 March 1800
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by Mary Dawson Turner (née Palgrave), after George Bullock
etching, (1804)
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by William Say, after Horatio Beevor Love, after Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
mezzotint, published 1832
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