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family. At one or other of these places the court painter pro- 

 duced this portrait of Linne in his court dress. It is a striking 

 likeness and a beautifid work of art. It is not signed ; the artist 

 seldom signed his portraits, but those acquainted with his works 

 are satisfied that this was painted by Lundberg. 



Mr. Olof Wijk purchased the painting at the sale in 1888 of the 

 collections of Mr. Bomans, who obtained it from a descendant of 

 Linne. Considerable doubt has been entertained as to this being 

 a portrait of Linne at all. I am, however, able to present some 

 evidence which appears to me to establish that it is a genuine 

 portrait. In the collection of the Linnean portraits in the Royal 

 Library, Stockholm, there is a lithograph by Carl Schroeder, 

 which suggested to me Lundberg's pastel. The lithograph was 

 lettered " Carl von Linuee . . . Das Original-Gemalde befindet 

 sich iui Herzoghchen Museu.m zu Braunschweig." That I might 

 see this painting I went to Brunswick, and found that the painting 

 was a copy of Lundberg's pastel. The entry in the official cata- 

 logue stated that this portrait of Linne' was a " Brustbild vermut- 

 lich nach einen Pastell gemalde von G. Lundberg." I have no 

 doubt that this is so, and that the original is in the possession of 

 Mr. Wijk. 



The Society is indebted to Mr. Wijk for an excellent photograph 

 of this fine portrait. The photograph includes the old frame of the 

 pastel on which are carved the initials of Linue's name. 



VII. 1755. SCHEFFEL. 



In 1755 J. H. Scheffel, a portrait-painter in Sweden during the 

 first half of the eighteenth century, painted a portrait of Linne 

 when he was 48 years of age. The original painting is at Hani- 

 marby. It is a half length (30| inches by 25), the face is turned 

 to the left, but the eyes look towards the spectator. In his right 

 hand he holds a Linncea, and the cross of the Polar Star is attached 

 to his coat. On the back of the canvas is written " Carol. Linnaeus. 

 Archiator [sic'], Professor Upsaliensis, Eques de Stella Polari, 

 nat : 1707 Maij 13. delineatus 1755." In the accurate engraving by 

 I. M. Preisler it is said that his age when the portrait was taken 

 was 55 ; this is an error. 



Dr. Pridr. Ohren of Jerfso, in the province of Helsingland, has 

 a portrait wdiich is claimed to be the original. His wife is a lineal 

 descendant of Linne. It is a copy of Scheffel's painting, and it is 

 not at all likely that it was the work of that painter. The copy 

 has a softer and somewhat meaningless face. 



Another copy of Scheffel's portrait was presented to the Smaa- 

 lands Natioushus, Upsala, by Dr. Nordstedt in 1822. In his 

 history of the Smaalands Nationshus, Palmberg says that this is a 

 copy of Scheffel's picture at Haiumarby, and a very poor copy 

 it is. 



