Title

Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist, 1732 (early 19th century). Artist: William Home Lizars

Caption

Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist, 1732 (early 19th century). Linnaeus (Carl von Linne) (1707-1778), the founder of the modern system of plant and animal nomenclature, aged 25 in Lapland dress, holding a sprig of Linnea borealis (Twinflower), a creeping evergreen shrub named in his honour.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1810

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B65_163

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,8Mb) / 10,8in x 18,0in / 3228 x 5413 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature people male job man men plant Sweden science Swedish guy costume occupation Lapland dress scientist location century profession botany classification laplander natural history naturalist 18th century Eighteenth Century Oxford Science Archive Linnea borealis TGN Carolus Linnaeus engraving portrait Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus Carl von Linne William Home Lizars WH Lizars Lizars William Home engraving portrait