Portrait of John Wallis (1616-1703)
1825
- Title
- Portrait of John Wallis (1616-1703)
- Collection
- Caltech Images Collection
- Series
- Fine Art Photographs
- Identifier
- FA-PR-0122
- Dates
- 1825
- Extents
- 1 photographs
- Abstract
- “John Wallis, D. D. Savilian Professor of Geometry” after the original by the reknowned German/English baroque portrait painter Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) “in the Picture Gallery at Oxford.” Stipple engraving by Robert Cooper (died 1836), drawn by Derby. Portrait of English mathematician John Wallis pictured wearing his academic robe; famous for his contributions to algebra and analytical geometry. Published in London by Henry Colburn, May 1825.