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Image Not Available for Bust of Professor John Playfair (1748-1819), mathematician and geologist/physicist
Bust of Professor John Playfair (1748-1819), mathematician and geologist/physicist
Image Not Available for Bust of Professor John Playfair (1748-1819), mathematician and geologist/physicist

Bust of Professor John Playfair (1748-1819), mathematician and geologist/physicist

Creator Benjamin Cheverton (British, 1794 - 1876)
After Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey (British, 1781 - 1841)
Date19th century
Mediumivory
DimensionsOverall: 21 x 11.7 cm (8 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit LineThe Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Category
    Object numberAGOID.107137
    Copyright
    © 2017 Art Gallery of Ontario
    LocationNot currently on display

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