Jacob Bell – Founder of the Pharmaceutical Society and its President 1856–1859

Description

Portrait in oils of Jacob Bell (1810–1859), Founder of the Pharmaceutical Society and its President 1856–1859. Bell also founded and was the first editor of The Pharmaceutical Journal.
Painted by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802–1873), RA, in 1859. Framed.

Fact

Jacob Bell was also a highly influential patron of the arts, acting as business manager for his friend Sir Edwin Landseer who painted this portrait.