James Bradley. Mezzotint by J. Faber after Thomas Hudson.

  • Hudson, Thomas, 1701-1779.
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John Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, part I, London 1878, p. 316, Faber no 41 ("41. James Bradley. Hudson. H. L., in oval frame, directed towards right, facing towards and looking to front, wig, bands, black gown. Under, Thos Hudson pinxt. J Faber fecit Jacobus Bradley, S.T.P. Regalis Societatis Socius Astronomus Regius et apud Oxonienses Astronomiae Professor Savilianus. Sold by I Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square. … Born at Shireborn, Gloucestershire, 1692 ; educated at Oxford, and entered the Church, but devoted himself to astronomy; succeeded Halley at Greenwich, in 1742; author of several works. Died, 13th July, 1762.")
R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 402.1

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