Mathematical genius.- Holme (R.) Jedidiah Buxton / Ætat. 60, Numerous memini / Virgil, etched and engraved portrait, letterpress descriptive text below, sheet 405 x 252 mm (15 3/4 x 10 in), on sturdy laid paper without watermark, some carefully repaired tears, slightly rough edges, minor surface dirt, unframed, [1764]
Provenance:
George Glazer Gallery, New York
⁂ Portrait of Jedidiah Buxton (1707-1772), an arithmetical genius in Georgian England. Buxton was said to be a savant, capable of performing remarkably difficult mathematical calculations in his head, yet not formally educated. "Buxton, a self-taught 'mental calculator', worked out the exact date he would die and on that day bade farewell to all, went home, ate his supper, and died in his chair." [New National Dictionary of Biography, 1977]
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