Portrait of Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas (1800-1884) Size:XL: 120 x 100cm Plate 21 for the paper

Plate 21 for the paper 'Sur un moyen de donner la Direction aux machines aerostatiques'

November 21

Figures 1-5 show the Common torpedo as drawn or painted on amphorae

Inscribed lower left 'Back view

Portrait of Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas (1800-1884) Size:XL: 120 x 100cm Plate 21 for the paperHalf length portrait of Dumas with folded arms and an award ribbon in his coat lapel. Inscribed: 'E. Desmaisons. S. Freeman. PROFESSOR DUMAS, M. D., F. R. S. MEMBRE DE L'INSITUT, PROFESSEUR A L'ECOLE DES ARTES ET MANUFACTURES &c. WILLIAM MACKENZIE, GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, LONDON & NEW YORK.' With a facsimile signature. Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1840. Original: stipple engraving. ca. 1840 1850