Antique portraiture engravings from 17th century onwards
Lot 130939: William Holl - Engraving of Scottish chemist Thomas Thomson 1870
An engraving of Thomas Thomson (1773-1852) from Robert Chambers’ A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen.
Thomas Thomson was a notable Scottish chemist, mineralogist, and Regius Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow who helped popularize John Dalton’s atomic theory.
The portrait was engraved by William Holl after Mrs Robinson and published by Blackie & Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London 1870.
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