IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 240141 accession number: P.15113-R DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 9 January 2020 updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: After the painting by Henry William Pickersgill (c.1825; St John's College, University of Cambridge, 197). A portrait of the astronomer and polymath, John Herschel (1792-1871), son of German-born astronomer, Frederic William Herschel (1721-1822), known as William Herschel. Half length, wearing academic robes over double-breasted coat with cravat, facing front, looking slightly upwards. His left arm resting on a table to the right, a globe behind. title: print LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240141 TECHNIQUES ---------- chine collé TECHNIQUES ---------- mezzotint CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ creation date: 1835 - 1835 creation date earliest: 1835 creation date latest: 1835 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Ward, William maker: Pickersgill, Henry William