Portrait of Christina, Queen of Sweden
Date
late 18th century
Sitter
Queen of Sweden Christina (1626 - 1689, Swedish)
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Sébastien Bourdon (1616, French) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 110mm
width (print): 110mm
Subject
Description
Half-length seated portrait of Queen Christina, body turned to the left as viewed, face to the viewer. With natural, shoulder-length hair. Presented in an oval frame.
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.200 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. A footnote to the text notes Christina’s visit to the Academie des Sciences.
Inscribed below: ‘CHRISTINA Queen of SWEDEN.’
Christina (1626-1689) Queen of Sweden, woman of learning and patron of the arts. Abdicated the throne in 1654, taking up residence in Rome.
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.200 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. A footnote to the text notes Christina’s visit to the Academie des Sciences.
Inscribed below: ‘CHRISTINA Queen of SWEDEN.’
Christina (1626-1689) Queen of Sweden, woman of learning and patron of the arts. Abdicated the throne in 1654, taking up residence in Rome.
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