Portrait of Edmond Halley
Date
2007
Sitter
Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
Object type
Archive reference number
Dimensions
height (print): 132mm
width (print): 90mm
width (print): 90mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Edmond Halley, dressed in a coat, cravat and wig, turned to the left as viewed.
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.266 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text notes Halley’s election to the Royal Society following his voyage to St. Helena, and provides an appreciation of the astronomer.
Inscription below: ‘EDMOND HALLEY. ne’ en 1656. mort en 1742’.
Edmond Halley (1656-1742) British astronomer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1678.
Digital image of head and shoulders portrait engraving of Edmond Halley, dressed in a coat, cravat and wig, turned to the left as viewed.
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.266 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text notes Halley’s election to the Royal Society following his voyage to St. Helena, and provides an appreciation of the astronomer.
Inscription below: ‘EDMOND HALLEY. ne’ en 1656. mort en 1742’.
Edmond Halley (1656-1742) British astronomer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1678.
Digital image of head and shoulders portrait engraving of Edmond Halley, dressed in a coat, cravat and wig, turned to the left as viewed.
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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