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The Honourable Robert Boyle

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Mezzotint of a portrait bust of the Irish chemist Robert Boyle (1627–1691) in an arched niche.

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  • 15.75 in. H x 11.5 in. W
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  • (Bottom center) "The Honble. Robert Boyle Esqr.Done after the Marble Bust in Her Majesty's Hermitage in the Royal Garden at RichmondPrinted for Tho. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, & John Bowles at the black Horse in Cornhill."
  • (Below portrait right) "J. Faber fecit."
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Faber, John. “The Honourable Robert Boyle.” Laid paper, paper (fiber product), n.d. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/p5547r392.

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