Portrait of Daniel Colwall
Date
1681
Sitter
Daniel Colwall (British) , Merchant
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Daniel Colwall, turned to the right as viewed, regarding the viewer. Wearing a long wig, a buttoned jacket and white collar, over which is a cloak or robe. Within an oval frame, on 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.197 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. This engraving appeared originally as the frontispiece to Nehemiah Grew’s Musaeum Regalis Societatis; or, A catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge (London, 1681).
No inscription, as the print has been trimmed. The original inscription, below the main image, would have been’ ‘Daniel Colwal Armiger Musai Regalis Societatis Fundator’.
Daniel Colwall (d.1690) British merchant and philanthropist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663. He served as its Treasurer from 1666 to 1679.
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.197 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. This engraving appeared originally as the frontispiece to Nehemiah Grew’s Musaeum Regalis Societatis; or, A catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge (London, 1681).
No inscription, as the print has been trimmed. The original inscription, below the main image, would have been’ ‘Daniel Colwal Armiger Musai Regalis Societatis Fundator’.
Daniel Colwall (d.1690) British merchant and philanthropist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663. He served as its Treasurer from 1666 to 1679.
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
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