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Half-length portrait of Joseph Priestley seated in a green chair with a scrolled wooden handle before a writing table, upon which rests a hexagonal inkwell with a quill, a leather-bound book and loose manuscript papers. Priestley writes on one of these using a quill in his right hand. Behind, half-hidden by a red curtain, is a bookcase containing bound volumes. In front of these is a set of apothecary’s scales, what appears to be a powdered chemical sample on a piece of paper and a small glass retort resting on a copper or brass cylinder. Priestley is dressed in a black coat and waistcoat with a white neckcloth and wears a grey wig.

The Royal Society

London

Title

Joseph Priestley

Date

before 1930

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 45.7 x W 33 cm

Accession number

Priestley P0105

Acquisition method

presented by Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, 1930

Work type

Painting

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