John Dalton
(1766-1844), Chemist and natural philosopherRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 15 portraits
A scientist and natural philosopher, Dalton is credited as the inventor of atomic theory. His research on the behaviour of gases under heat and pressure led him to conclude that matter is made up of atoms. The son of a weaver, he was one of a circle of intellectuals and scientists in Manchester in the early nineteenth-century. His publications include A New System of Chemical Philosophy (1808). His study of meteorology began in 1787 while he was teaching in the Lake District. In 1793, he took up a post in Manchester and his first paper to the Literary and Philosophical Society, in 1794, was research on his own visual problem, colour blindness. Daltonism is still a common term for colour blindness.
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1834
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by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1834
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by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1834
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by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1834
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by William Brockedon
pencil and chalk, 1834
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by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1834
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by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1834
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by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1835
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by Charles Frederick Carter
embossed paper medallion, 1842
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Men of Science Living in 1807-8
by Sir John Gilbert, and Frederick John Skill, and William Walker, and Elizabeth Walker (née Reynolds)
pencil and wash, 1858-1862
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Engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
by George Zobel, and William Walker
engraving, 1862
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Key to engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
by William Walker
engraving, 1862
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by William Henry Worthington, after Joseph Allen
line engraving, published 1823 (1814)
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British Philosophers (Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban; John Dalton; Sir Isaac Newton)
after Unknown artist
etching and anaglyptograph, mid 19th century
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by and published by James Stephenson
line engraving, published May 1845
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