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| Keywords: PriestleyFuseli.jpg Engraving by Charles Turner after a painting by Henry Fuseli P/P933 28a M not scanned is a photomechanical reproduction of this image originally published in the Journal of Chemical Education Vol 16 No 12 December 1939 and includes this explanatory paragraph This the largest oil portrait of Dr Priestley three feet four inches by four feet two inches was painted for Joseph Johnson bookseller and publisher of Priestley's works in the year 1783 while Dr Priestley was Johnson's guest An engraving was made of the Fuseli portrait by C Turner and published -- one hundred copies only -- in October 1836 by Richard Taylor Red Lion Court Fleet Street London A copy of this rare engraving was recently presented to the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection by Mrs Ida M Priestley of England http //imagesvr library upenn edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx type detail cc smith entryid X-smit0346 viewid 1 sstrt 4 hits 45 q1 UPenn Painted c 1783 and engraved in 1836 creator Charles Turner after Art is in the public domain PD-old-100-1923 Joseph Priestley in art Charles Turner engraver Johann Heinrich Füssli | ||||
