Portrait of Catherine of Braganza, Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Date
1828
Sitter
Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, consort of King Charles II Catherine of Braganza (1638 - 1705)
Creator
Thomas Wright (1792 - 1849, British) , Engraver
After
Peter Lely (1618 - 1680, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 150mm
width (print): 103mm
width (print): 103mm
Description
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Catherine of Braganza, with short curled hair, a cloak fastened at the shoulder over her dress. Her left hand rests on an open book supported by a cushion on a pedestal, with her crown behind the book. She is shown feeding a lamb in a wooded landscape; a small waterfall appears at the right of the composition.
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.224 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. The text notes that Catherine requested a thermometer from the Royal Society, which was made for her by Robert Hooke.
Inscribed below: ‘CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA. QUEEN OF CHARLES THE SECOND. OB. 1705. Engraved by Thos. Wright.’
Catherine [Catherine of Braganza, Catarina Henriqueta de Braganca] (1638-1705), Queen of England Scotland and Ireland, consort of King Charles II.
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.224 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. The text notes that Catherine requested a thermometer from the Royal Society, which was made for her by Robert Hooke.
Inscribed below: ‘CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA. QUEEN OF CHARLES THE SECOND. OB. 1705. Engraved by Thos. Wright.’
Catherine [Catherine of Braganza, Catarina Henriqueta de Braganca] (1638-1705), Queen of England Scotland and Ireland, consort of King Charles II.
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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