Portrait of William Derham
Date
2007
Sitter
William Derham (1657 - 1735, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Dimensions
height (paper): 170mm
width (paper): 112mm
width (paper): 112mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of William Derham, dressed in a gown, with bands. Turned to the left as viewed and presented in an oval.
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.259 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. In a footnote to p.260, Weld refers to the correspondence between John Ray and Henry Oldenburg noted in William Derham’s biography Select remains of the learned John Ray, with his life.
Inscription below: ‘Engrav’d by Josh. Baker. WILLIAM DERHAM, D.D. F.R.S.’
William Derham (1657-1735) British clergyman and natural philosopher was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703.
Digital image of a portrait engraving of William Derham.
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.259 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. In a footnote to p.260, Weld refers to the correspondence between John Ray and Henry Oldenburg noted in William Derham’s biography Select remains of the learned John Ray, with his life.
Inscription below: ‘Engrav’d by Josh. Baker. WILLIAM DERHAM, D.D. F.R.S.’
William Derham (1657-1735) British clergyman and natural philosopher was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703.
Digital image of a portrait engraving of William Derham.
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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