Portrait of James II and VII, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
Date
late 18th century
Sitter
James II, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1633 - 1701, British)
Creator
John Hall (1739 - 1797, British) , Engraver
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 115mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of King James, wearing a long and curled wig, lace collar and ermine, with a chain. Looking directly towards the viewer, head inclined to the left. In a circular frame.
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.296 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text describes the relationship between Samuel Pepys and King James, then the Duke of York and Lord High Admiral, from the period of the Great Fire of London.
Inscription above: ‘JAMES II.’, and below: ‘Hall sculp.’.
James II and VII (1633-1701) King of England, Scotland and Ireland, brother to King Charles II. He was a Royal Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1665.
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.296 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text describes the relationship between Samuel Pepys and King James, then the Duke of York and Lord High Admiral, from the period of the Great Fire of London.
Inscription above: ‘JAMES II.’, and below: ‘Hall sculp.’.
James II and VII (1633-1701) King of England, Scotland and Ireland, brother to King Charles II. He was a Royal Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1665.
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
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