Portrait of John Lawes, "Agricultural Science"
- 1882
Color lithograph reproduces a watercolor portrait caricature of Sir John Bennet Lawes, (1814-1900), an English entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. Lawes developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry. Originally published in Vanity Fair on July 8, 1882, Lawes appears as a bearded man in a light tan suit, holding a long-handled garden spade.
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Chartran Théobald. “Portrait of John Lawes, ‘Agricultural Science.’” Lithographic ink, paper (fiber product). Vanity Fair, 1882. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/zp38wc774.
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