Double portrait of King James and Queen Anne
Date
1603-1618
Sitter
James I and VI, King of Scotland, England and Ireland (1566 - 1625, British) , James VI King of Scotland; James I King of England and Ireland; James Charles Stuart
Queen consort to King James VI and I Anne of Denmark (1574 - 1619, Danish)
Queen consort to King James VI and I Anne of Denmark (1574 - 1619, Danish)
Creator
Johan Wierix (1549, Flemish) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
v6 p91
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (Plate): 266mm
width (Plate): 228mm
width (Plate): 228mm
Subject
Description
Double portrait of King James I of England (James VI of Scotland) and Queen Anne of Denmark, engraved by Johannes Wierix.
Portraits of James I and Anne of Denmark; whole length, standing, James in high hat and breastplate, holding a baton in front of his body, the other hand on the hilt of his sword, his helmet resting on pedestal behind to the left; Anne wearing an elaborately decorated and pearl-adorned dress of the time with wide ruff, holding a piece of material in her hand; a landscape.
From a set of albums known as Collectanea Newtoniana, a selection of prints, original artwork and manuscripts relating to Newton, collected by Charles Turnor (1768-1853). Turnor was an astronomer, collector and Fellow of the Royal Society. He owned Woolsthorpe Manor (Newton’s birthplace).
Portraits of James I and Anne of Denmark; whole length, standing, James in high hat and breastplate, holding a baton in front of his body, the other hand on the hilt of his sword, his helmet resting on pedestal behind to the left; Anne wearing an elaborately decorated and pearl-adorned dress of the time with wide ruff, holding a piece of material in her hand; a landscape.
From a set of albums known as Collectanea Newtoniana, a selection of prints, original artwork and manuscripts relating to Newton, collected by Charles Turnor (1768-1853). Turnor was an astronomer, collector and Fellow of the Royal Society. He owned Woolsthorpe Manor (Newton’s birthplace).
Related fellows
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place
Credit
©The Royal Society
Image number
RS.17179