Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1846
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Portrait of William Holder
Date
1683
Sitter
William Holder (1616 - 1698, British) , Clergyman
Creator
David Loggan (1634 - 1692, British) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 236mm
width (print): 177mm
width (print): 177mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Holder in clerical robes and wearing a black cap over shoulder length hair or wig. Within an inscribed oval surround, supported by a plinth, below which is a coat of arms.
Inscribed within the oval frame: “GUILIELMUS HOLDER. S.T.P.SACELLI REGALIS SURDECANUS. SERENISS. REGIAE MATI. SUBELEEMOSIJNARIUS. ECCLRUM. STI.PAULI & F.LIENS CANOCHS. SOCTIS. REGIAE. LOND. SODALIS. 1683.” Inscribed below: D.Loggan ad Vivum delin Aetat: 67.”
William Holder was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663.
Inscribed within the oval frame: “GUILIELMUS HOLDER. S.T.P.SACELLI REGALIS SURDECANUS. SERENISS. REGIAE MATI. SUBELEEMOSIJNARIUS. ECCLRUM. STI.PAULI & F.LIENS CANOCHS. SOCTIS. REGIAE. LOND. SODALIS. 1683.” Inscribed below: D.Loggan ad Vivum delin Aetat: 67.”
William Holder was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663.
Transcription
GUILIELMUS HOLDER. S.T.P.SACELLI REGALIS SURDECANUS. SERENISS. REGIAE MATI. SUBELEEMOSIJNARIUS. ECCLRUM. STI.PAULI & F.LIENS CANOCHS. SOCTIS. REGIAE. LOND. SODALIS. 1683
D.Loggan ad Vivum delin Aetat: 67
D.Loggan ad Vivum delin Aetat: 67
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.29. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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