Sir Hans Sloane, English physician, naturalist and collector, c1793 (1878). Artist: Unknown.

---

Sir Hans Sloane, English physician, naturalist and collector, c1793 (1878). Hans Sloane (1660-1753) is notable for bequeathing his collection to the nation, thus providing the foundation of the British Museum. From Old and New London Illustrated, Vol IV, by Edward Walford. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, 1878]

---

Size: 5499px × 6783px
Location:
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, /, 17th, 18th, black, britain, british, century, collector, country, doctor, dress, edward, eighteenth, england, engraving, fashion, guy, hairstyle, hans, head, job, location, male, man, medicine, men, monochrome, museum, occupation, people, physician, portrait, print, profession, science, seventeenth, shoulders, sir, sloane, unknown, walford, white