Sam. Clarkene en 1675, mort en 1729.
[J.C. François.]
C.P.R. [Paris: Brunet, c.1760.]
Crayon manner printed in reddish-brown ink, sheet 295 x 220mm. 11½ x 8¾".
Portrait of Samuel Clarke (1675 – 1729) was an English philosopher and Anglican clergyman and mathematican. By Jean Charles François (1717 - 1769), inventor the crayon manner technique of etching in 1757. Numbered 'IXe. metaph.' upper left. For Alexandre Savérien's 'Histoire des Philosophes modernes', published in eight 4to volumes from 1760-1767. 79 plates (and eight frontispieces) were engraved for the book.
Wellcome 618 - not in.
[Ref: 22206] £190.00
C.P.R. [Paris: Brunet, c.1760.]
Crayon manner printed in reddish-brown ink, sheet 295 x 220mm. 11½ x 8¾".
Portrait of Samuel Clarke (1675 – 1729) was an English philosopher and Anglican clergyman and mathematican. By Jean Charles François (1717 - 1769), inventor the crayon manner technique of etching in 1757. Numbered 'IXe. metaph.' upper left. For Alexandre Savérien's 'Histoire des Philosophes modernes', published in eight 4to volumes from 1760-1767. 79 plates (and eight frontispieces) were engraved for the book.
Wellcome 618 - not in.
[Ref: 22206] £190.00