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Hales, Stephen

Hales, Stephen (1)

Life Dates: 7 September 1677–4 January 1761
Creator/Photographer: Hopwood (engraver): Coates (artist); Hudson (painter)
Date Created/Published: ca. 1759
Type: engraving
Size: 13.5 x 18
Copyright Restrictions: unknown
Notes: Line and stipple engraving. In wig, gown and bands. Name plate and vignette below image. Garden in vignette contains a classical temple and botanical apparatus demonstrating his experiments. Oval portrait with scene below. Engraving of portrait after painting by Hudson (port. #2) and vignette after Coate. Publisher: Thornton, London, 1800. Also published in: Elementary botanical plates. London, 1810. Ca. 1759Ancillary details have been cropped from scan to better show the botanist. Full scan upon request. Print (4 x 5) of cropped portrait in port. folder. Ref: B & B; DNB.