Portrait of William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker
Date
19th century
Sitter
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (1620 - 1684, British) , Mathematician
Creator - Organisation
After
Peter Lely (1618 - 1680, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 189mm
width (print): 139mm
height (paper support): 195mm
width (paper support): 146mm
width (print): 139mm
height (paper support): 195mm
width (paper support): 146mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, his body facing left and his face turned in half-profile. He wears long natural hair and is dressed in loose robe with lace falling collar.
Inscribed ‘WILLIAM VISCOUNT BROUNKER. From a drawing after Sr. Peter Lely in the Collection of R.S. Tighe Esqr. Publish’d 23 June 1798 by S. Harding. 127 Pall Mall & P. Brown Gown St. Soho’ and pencilled ‘1663’.
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society and appointed first President in 1662.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.4
Inscribed ‘WILLIAM VISCOUNT BROUNKER. From a drawing after Sr. Peter Lely in the Collection of R.S. Tighe Esqr. Publish’d 23 June 1798 by S. Harding. 127 Pall Mall & P. Brown Gown St. Soho’ and pencilled ‘1663’.
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society and appointed first President in 1662.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.4
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