Portrait of John Ray
Date
late 17th century
Sitter
John Ray (1627 - 1705, English) , Naturalist
Creator
William Elder (British) , Engraver
After
William Faithorne (1620 - 1691, British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 175mm
width (print): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of John Ray, regarding the viewer, body turned to the right as viewed. Ray is shown wearing a wig, with a loosely draped cloak and square collar. Presented in an oval wreath, with a decorative scrollwork panel below.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.191 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘Joannes Rajus Societatis Regiae Socius. W: Faithorne pinx: W: Elder Sculp:’.
John Ray [formerly Wray] (1627-1705), British naturalist and theologian was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1667.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.191 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘Joannes Rajus Societatis Regiae Socius. W: Faithorne pinx: W: Elder Sculp:’.
John Ray [formerly Wray] (1627-1705), British naturalist and theologian was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1667.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's 2 volume A history of the Royal Society... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
Associated place