James Ferguson F.R.S.
Date1776
Engraver
Robert Stewart
(1776 - 1786 (fl.))
After work by
John Townsend
(fl. 1776 - 1778)
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint with line engraving
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1979-320
DescriptionLower margin reads: "John Townsend pinx.t/ Publish'd Dec. 7.th 1776/ James Ferguson F.R.S./ Printed for Rob.t Stewart Engraver & Modeller of Portraits in Wax, N.o 15, Millman Street Bedford Row Holborn."Label TextJames Ferguson was a Scottish astronomer, lecturer, Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and inventor of astronomical and scientific apparatus notably pocket globes. He is depicted with his hand on a celestial globe.
September 20, 1787
May 7, 1750
ca. 1910
