Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862) Size:M: 75 x 60cm 'Head of a judge: representation

'Head of a judge: representation of the ice in the fountain of Garden Court in the Temple on Monday 26th January 1795 which remained nearly in the same shape for several days'

the topmost reading: 'Royal Society

or the R[oya]l visit postponed'

the fastest being 357

9th August 1969

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862) Size:M: 75 x 60cm 'Head of a judge: representationThree quarter length portrait of J B Biot, seated and looking to camera. He is posed holding a book in his left hand, resting on his lap. His right arm rests on two books upon a small round table. Inscribed in pencil below: 'J B Biot aged 79 by Prof Regnault.' Jean Baptiste Biot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815. The pioneering photographer Henri Victor Regnault was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1852. Original: albumen