Nicholas Saunderson
(1682-1739), MathematicianSitter in 9 portraits
Saunderson went blind aged one year after he contracted smallpox. He taught mathematics, astronomy and optics at Cambridge University from 1707 and became Professor of Mathematics in 1712. He later worked closely with Halley and Flamsteed in their attempts to calculate longitude at sea, one of the major challenges of the eighteenth century.
by and sold by John Faber Jr, after John Vanderbank
mezzotint, (1718-1719)
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after John Vanderbank
line engraving, (1718-1719)
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by and sold by John Faber Jr, after John Vanderbank
mezzotint, (1718-1719)
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by and sold by John Faber Jr, after John Vanderbank
mezzotint, (1718-1719)
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by George White, after John Vanderbank
mezzotint, (1718-1719)
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by George White, after John Vanderbank
mezzotint, (1718-1719)
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by and sold by John Faber Jr, after John Vanderbank
mezzotint, (1718-1719)
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'Worthies of Britain' (Sir Isaac Newton; Edmond Halley; Nicholas Saunderson; John Flamsteed)
by Francis Kyte, published by John Bowles
mezzotint, circa 1720-1745
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by Gerard Vandergucht, after John Vanderbank
line engraving, published 1740 (1718)
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