Sculpture bust of Charles Lyell
Date
ca.1870s
Sitter
Charles Lyell (1797 - 1875, British) , Geologist
Creator
William Theed the Younger (1804 - 1891, British) , Sculptor
After
John Gibson (1790 - 1866, British) , Sculptor
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (sculpture): 559mm
width (sculpture): 341mm
depth (sculpture): 275mm
width (sculpture): 341mm
depth (sculpture): 275mm
Subject
Description
Bust of Charles Lyell, head and partial shoulders.
Inscribed ‘SIR CHARLES LYELL’ front, ‘W. THEED, SC. COP/C’ right side and ‘PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY BY LEONARD LYELL 1878’ back.
Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875) was a British geologist and evolutionary biologist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826.
Inscribed ‘SIR CHARLES LYELL’ front, ‘W. THEED, SC. COP/C’ right side and ‘PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY BY LEONARD LYELL 1878’ back.
Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875) was a British geologist and evolutionary biologist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826.
Object history
Provenance: Presented by Leonard Lyell, 1878.
The donation is recorded in the Royal Society’s Council Minutes: ‘Read a letter from Mr. Leonard Lyell, offering to present to the Society a copy of the Bust (by Gibson) of the late Sir Charles Lyell, F.R.S. Resolved – That the Council accept Mr Lyell’s offer of the Bust with pleasure, and return him their best thanks.’ Royal Society Minutes of Council, Printed, v.5 1878-1884, meeting 16 May 1878, p.44.
Cast and copies: Another version of this bust by Theed was created as part of the memorial for Lyell’s grave in Westminster Abbey, dated 1875.
The donation is recorded in the Royal Society’s Council Minutes: ‘Read a letter from Mr. Leonard Lyell, offering to present to the Society a copy of the Bust (by Gibson) of the late Sir Charles Lyell, F.R.S. Resolved – That the Council accept Mr Lyell’s offer of the Bust with pleasure, and return him their best thanks.’ Royal Society Minutes of Council, Printed, v.5 1878-1884, meeting 16 May 1878, p.44.
Cast and copies: Another version of this bust by Theed was created as part of the memorial for Lyell’s grave in Westminster Abbey, dated 1875.
Associated place
Credit
©The Royal Society
Image number
RS.13599