John Couch Adams
(1819-1892), Astronomer and mathematicianSitter in 3 portraits
Astronomer and mathematician; discovered the planet Neptune, though his precedence for the discovery was only acknowledged after controversy; President of the Royal Society, 1851, and awarded numerous other distinctions.
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
oil on canvas, 1888
On display at Lawrence House Museum, Launceston
NPG 1842
by Eveleen Myers (née Tennant)
carbon print, circa 1890
NPG x198546
by Samuel Cousins, after Thomas Mogford
mezzotint, published 1851
NPG D7168
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