Portrait of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
Date
mid 18th century
Sitter
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough (1658 - 1735, British) , Nobleman
Creator
Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780, Dutch) , Engraver
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (print): 180mm
width (print): 128mm
width (print): 128mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Charles Mordaunt, face turned slightly to the left [as viewed], with a heavy curled wig, a mantle open at the neck, and white necktie. In an oval frame, mounted on a plinth, with a seated cherub. From a portrait by Godfrey Kneller in the National Portrait Gallery.
Frame inscribed: ‘CHARLES MORDAUNT EARL OF PETERBOROUGH’
Inscribed below: ‘J Houbraken sculpsit In the possession of John Conduit Esq.r. G. Kneller pinx’
Engraving from MS/648/4, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth (1658-1735), English nobleman and military leader, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Frame inscribed: ‘CHARLES MORDAUNT EARL OF PETERBOROUGH’
Inscribed below: ‘J Houbraken sculpsit In the possession of John Conduit Esq.r. G. Kneller pinx’
Engraving from MS/648/4, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth (1658-1735), English nobleman and military leader, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Object history
Charles Turnor presented his Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men … to the Royal Society in 1837.
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