Portrait of John Bird Unknown
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Portrait of John Bird
Seated portrait of John Bird, looking directly out at the viewer, one hand tucked into his waistcoat, one hand resting on a table, below which is a working diagram of a mural quadrant and a beam compass.
Inscribed below: ‘John Bird’
Engraving from MS/648/6 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
John Bird (1709-1776), British astronomer and mathematical instrument maker, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
- Image reference: RS-19574
- ©The Royal Society
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