Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.17143

    Portrait of Charles Montagu

    Date
    1700-1739
    Sitter
    Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661 - 1715, British) , Politician
    Creator
    Pierre Drevet (1663 - 1738, French) , Printmaker
    After
    Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Painter
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    v4 p89
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (plate): 424mm
    width (plate): 297mm
    Description
    Half-length portrait in mezzotint of Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax and President of the Royal Society (1695-98).

    From a set of albums known as Collectanea Newtoniana, a selection of prints, original artwork and manuscripts relating to Newton, collected by Charles Turnor (1768-1853). Turnor was an astronomer, collector and Fellow of the Royal Society. He owned Woolsthorpe Manor (Newton’s birthplace).
    Transcription
    Kneller Eques pinx
    Drevet sculp.
    Transcribed by the Making Visible project
    Related fellows
    Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
    Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661 - 1715, British) , Politician
    Associated place
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