Portrait of Henry Oldenburg (1612-1677) mb-height 4543 by John Bacon

by John Bacon

14th August 1974

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Portrait of Henry Oldenburg (1612-1677) mb-height 4543 by John BaconHalf length portrait. Oldenburg is dressed in black with a large white square collar and turned back cuffs. On his left hand, at his chest, he wears a square cut diamond ring on the little finger. His right hand holds the key on a black ribbon, presumably to the pocket chronometer or watch that stands on the table before him. Oldenburg's hair is dark, shoulder length and natural and he has a thin moustache. Henry Oldenburg was elected a Fellow of the