Lithographed portrait of Grant by Maguire, from the rare portfolio " Portraits of honorary members of the Ipswich Museum."
Publisher Information: Ipswich: George Ransome; M. & N. Hanhart, 1851-52. 605 x 445 mm. (sheet); 287 x 242 mm. (image without facsimile signature). Signed in the stone by the artist; Grant's facsimile signature beneath the portrait. Edges a bit chipped, small closed tears in lower and left margins, one or two fox-marks. Portrait of British anatomist and zoologist Robert E. Grant, one of Charles Darwin's mentors. From the rare portfolio titled "Portraits of Honorary Members of the Ipswich Museum", a series of scientific portraits lithographed by Thomas Herbert Maguire that featured prominent naturalists like Richard Owen, Murchison, Yarrell, and Gould, published to support the Ipswich Museum's scientific endeavors in Ipswich, UK. Book Id: 52387
Price: $450.00