Original line engraving on steel with the portrait of Joseph Black (1728-1799), professor of chemistry at Glasgow and Edinburgh, discoverer of carbon dioxide and of latent heat. Engraved by C. Cook after the portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn; below the image, the facsimile signature of Black himself.
Original line engraving on steel with the portrait of Joseph Black (1728-1799), professor of chemistry at Glasgow and Edinburgh, discoverer of carbon dioxide and of latent heat. Engraved by C. Cook after the portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn; below the image, the facsimile signature of Black himself.
Medium: Copper engraving on steel.
Artist / after: Henry Raeburn.
Engraver: C. Cook.
Publisher: William Mackenzie, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London and New York.
Date: 19th century.
Dimensions: 10.7 x 7.4 in (27.1 x 18.7 cm).
Condition: The impression in good condition; the sheet with light toning and foxing scattered in the margins.