Portrait of Louis XIV
Date
18th century
Sitter
King of France Louis XIV (1638 - 1715, French)
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659 - 1743, French) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 160mm
width (print): 96mm
width (print): 96mm
Description
Half-length portrait of King Louis XIV, turned to the left as viewed. The king wears a long, curled wig, and is shown in armour, with a cloak and lace cravat. Presented in an oval frame, on a pedestal.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.166 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text discusses Samuel de Sorbière’s visit to England and description of the Royal Society. Sorbière is described as ‘historiographer to Louis XIV’.
Inscription below: ‘LEWIS XIV KING OF FRANCE &c.’
Louis XIV (1638-1715) King of France and Navarre, known as ‘The Sun King’.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.166 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text discusses Samuel de Sorbière’s visit to England and description of the Royal Society. Sorbière is described as ‘historiographer to Louis XIV’.
Inscription below: ‘LEWIS XIV KING OF FRANCE &c.’
Louis XIV (1638-1715) King of France and Navarre, known as ‘The Sun King’.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's 2 volume A history of the Royal Society... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
Associated place