Joseph Black
(1728-1799), Chemist and physician; President of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (1759-1761 & 1765-1766)Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 5 portraits
Chemist and physicist; he discovered carbon dioxide and proposed the theories of specific and latent heat.
by James Tassie
glass paste medallion, 1788
NPG 3238
'Philosophers' (James Hutton; Joseph Black)
by John Kay
etching and aquatint, 1787
NPG D14215
'Philosophers' (James Hutton; Joseph Black)
by John Kay
etching, 1787
NPG D18646
by John Kay
etching, 1787
NPG D18644
by John Kay
etching, 1787
NPG D16837
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