Portrait of Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery
Date
ca.1732
Sitter
4th Earl of Orrery Charles Boyle (1674 - 1731, British) , Soldier
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 154mm
width (plate): 88mm
height (print): 178mm
width (print): 105mm
height (paper support): 194mm
width (paper support): 116mm
width (plate): 88mm
height (print): 178mm
width (print): 105mm
height (paper support): 194mm
width (paper support): 116mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery inclined to the left as viewed and looking out to viewer. He has a long curled wig and is wearing the Order of the Thistle on the left-hand breast of his jacket. Oval in a rectangular frame.
Inscribed ‘Charles Boyle Earl of Orrery, Baron Boyle of Marston in England & Baron Broghill in Ireland, and One of the Knights of the Most Antient Order of the Thistle. Baron Sc’ and pencilled ‘1706. 1/-‘
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1706.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.58
Inscribed ‘Charles Boyle Earl of Orrery, Baron Boyle of Marston in England & Baron Broghill in Ireland, and One of the Knights of the Most Antient Order of the Thistle. Baron Sc’ and pencilled ‘1706. 1/-‘
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1706.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.58
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