Portrait of Samuel Butler
Date
ca.1720
Sitter
Samuel Butler (British) , Poet
Creator
Michael Vandergucht (1660 - 1725, Flemish) , Painter
After
Peter Lely (1618 - 1680, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 120mm
width (print): 75mm
width (print): 75mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Samuel Butler, shown in a wig, lace collar and gown, turned to the left as viewed, regarding the viewer directly. 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.263 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscription below: ‘Mr: Samuel Butler. P. et. Lilly pinx. M. Vdr. Gucht Scu.’
Samuel Butler (bap.1613, d.1680) British poet, author of the satirical poems Hudibras and The Elephant in the Moon [on the early Royal Society].
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.263 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscription below: ‘Mr: Samuel Butler. P. et. Lilly pinx. M. Vdr. Gucht Scu.’
Samuel Butler (bap.1613, d.1680) British poet, author of the satirical poems Hudibras and The Elephant in the Moon [on the early Royal Society].
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