Volume 1

Memoirs of the life and a view of the character of the late Dr. John Fothergill / Drawn up at the desire of the Medical Society of London.

  • Thompson, Gilbert, 1728-1803.
Date:
1782
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Memoirs of the life and a view of the character of the late Dr. John Fothergill / Drawn up at the desire of the Medical Society of London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [36] J and other marine productions, by the ingenious John Ellis. F. R. S. the Do6tor was very affiiting by his gene- rofity, his communications, and his friendfhips; and in the curious hif- torical account of coffee by the fame author, the reader may fee the • part he took in that work of national concernment. As Natural Hiftory, and efpeci- ally the ftudy of Botany, w'as his \ prevailing amufement; he conftantly employed, not only thofe artifts who excelled, but others who afpired to excel, in producing exact and high¬ ly finifhed drawings of plants and flowers; at once facilitating the knowledge of that fcience, and adding to its delightfulnefs. He had alfo formed a delign to obtain accurate draughts of all the rare plants of our 4 own