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Miller. De la société Royale de Londres. De l'Academie des Botanistes de florence et Directeur du Jardin de Botanique Des Apothicaires de Chelsea.
C.F. Maillet, fecit 1787.
Engraving. Plate: 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7''). Trimmed to plate on top edge, ink marks from verso in French. Small margins on 3 sides.
Half-length profile portrait of a man facing right, wearing a queue wig, an open jacket, and an embroidered waistcoat. The figure is set within an oval frame, surrounded by foliage and a garden wall. This engraving was intended to depict the botanist Philip Miller (1691–1771) and was created by C.J. Maillet for the posthumous 1787 French edition of Miller’s Gardeners Dictionary. However, the image is a case of mistaken identity; it is actually a self-portrait of John Miller (1715–c.1792), also known as Johann Sebastian Müller, a German engraver and botanist active in London. Philip Miller was the chief gardener of the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until shortly before his death and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Despite the misidentification, the two Millers did collaborate at the Chelsea garden for a period.
[Ref: 50114] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
C.F. Maillet, fecit 1787.
Engraving. Plate: 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7''). Trimmed to plate on top edge, ink marks from verso in French. Small margins on 3 sides.
Half-length profile portrait of a man facing right, wearing a queue wig, an open jacket, and an embroidered waistcoat. The figure is set within an oval frame, surrounded by foliage and a garden wall. This engraving was intended to depict the botanist Philip Miller (1691–1771) and was created by C.J. Maillet for the posthumous 1787 French edition of Miller’s Gardeners Dictionary. However, the image is a case of mistaken identity; it is actually a self-portrait of John Miller (1715–c.1792), also known as Johann Sebastian Müller, a German engraver and botanist active in London. Philip Miller was the chief gardener of the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until shortly before his death and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Despite the misidentification, the two Millers did collaborate at the Chelsea garden for a period.
[Ref: 50114] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)