Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
01.C.83 |
Object Name |
Plate, Printing |
Title |
Printing Plate with Portrait of Charles Darwin |
Artist |
Poros, Illman |
Artist 2 |
Flameng, Leopold Joseph, after |
Artist 3 |
Collier, John, after |
Date |
1909 |
Description |
Printing plate of a three-quarters length portrait of Charles Darwin set in a white border. Darwin has a bald head with white hair at the sides and a white beard reaching to his chest. He wears a dark coat over a dark jacket and white button down shirt. In his right hand he holds a hat. Underneath the portrait, in the white space, is an inscription: "From Etching by Leopold Joseph Flameng / of Painting by Hon. Joseph Collier." |
Label |
An illustration printed from this plate was used in a special issue of "Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society," commemorating the centenary of Charles Darwin’s birth in 1909. The plate was created by Illman Poros, a Philadelphia printer, after an etching by French printmaker Léopold Joseph Flameng, which in turn was copied from an original painting by John Collier. Collier’s portrait of Darwin was painted for the Linnaean Society, London, in 1881, where it still hangs in the Society’s meeting room. The APS most likely kept this printing plate as a memento of the centenary celebration. |
Dimensions |
H-7.75 W-5.5 inches |
Credit line |
American Philosophical Society |
Search Terms |
20th century twentieth century printing scientist |