James Ferguson F.R.S.

Date1776

Engraver Robert Stewart 1776 - 1786 (fl.)

After work by John Townsend fl. 1776 - 1778

MediumMezzotint with line engraving

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1979-320

DescriptionLower margin reads: "John Townsend pinx.t/ Publish'd Dec. 7.th 1776/ James Ferguson F.R.S./ Printed for Rob.t Stewart Engraver & Modeller of Portraits in Wax, N.o 15, Millman Street Bedford Row Holborn."Label TextJames Ferguson was a Scottish astronomer, lecturer, Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and inventor of astronomical and scientific apparatus notably pocket globes. He is depicted with his hand on a celestial globe.ProvenanceBefore 1979, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1979-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).