Portrait of John Ray
Date
late 18th century
Sitter
John Ray (1627 - 1705, English) , Naturalist
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
John Hinton, Publisher
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 175mm
width (print): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of John Ray, wearing a robe and bands. The sitter regards the viewer directly, body turned to the right as viewed. Presented in an oval frame, supported by a pedestal.
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.196 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed above: ‘Engraved for the Universal Magazine’. Inscribed below: ‘JOHN RAY, F.R.S. Printed for J. Hinton, at the King’s Arms in Paternoster Row.’
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.196 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed above: ‘Engraved for the Universal Magazine’. Inscribed below: ‘JOHN RAY, F.R.S. Printed for J. Hinton, at the King’s Arms in Paternoster Row.’
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