2-704-633 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Pathfinders - Sir Francis Bacon', after 1731, (1922). Portrait of English philosopher, scientist and statesman Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans. Bacon (1561-1626) became Lord Chancellor in 1618. In science he advocated observation and experiment as a method of enquiry rather than Aristotelian deductive logic. Painting, based on a work of c1618, in the National Portrait Gallery, London. From "Bibby's Annual 1922", edited by Joseph Bibby. [J. Bibby & Sons, London, 1922]