Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks : Sir Jph. Banks (Voyageur-Naturaliste) Président de la Société Royale de Londres
Paris: n.d. (c. 1820). Ambroise Tardieu, engraver [Thomas Phillips, after]. Original engraved portrait of Sir Joseph Banks wearing the 'Star and Garter', after a painting by Thomas Phillips, 200mm x 120mm, titled in French below image : [translation: Sir Joseph Banks, voyager-naturalist, President of the Royal Society of London. Born at Revesby in the County of Lincoln, England, 1743. Died in London, 9 May 1820). near fine condition
Sir Joseph Banks once wrote :'I am a bird of peace. My business as an encourager of the transport of plants from one country to another is suspended during war, and then, as I am no politician, I am the least employed when all other people are in hurry and bustle'. Accordingly he returned to the French, unopened, parcels of specimens which, collected by La Billardière, had fallen into English hands by the fortunes of war [ADB]. Engraved by the French to mark the death of Sir Joseph Banks. Item #94377
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