Antoine Lavoisier
(1743-1794), French chemist, economist and noblemanSitter in 1 portrait
'Chemical Philosophers of the present Day' (Joseph Priestley; Antoine Lavoisier)
by James Caldwall (Caldwell), after John Opie, and after Jacques Louis David, published by Robert John Thornton
line engraving and etching, published 1 May 1801
NPG D34359
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