Portrait of John Freind
Date
1730
Sitter
John Freind (1675 - 1728, British) , Physician
Creator
George Vertue (1684 - 1756, British) , Engraver
After
Michael Dahl (1659 - 1743, Swedish) , Artist
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 177mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Description
Seated portrait of John Freind, turned to the right [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer. With a long, curled wig, a dark coat, open at the front, with a white necktie. Before him lie a sheet of paper, a quill and ink stand, and a sculpture bust of an unknown subject. From a portrait by Michael Dahl in Christ Church, University of Oxford.
Inscribed below: ‘M. Dahl pinx G Vertue Sculpsit 1730.
Johannes Friend M.D.
Serenisimae Reginae Carolinae Archiatrus
Cui suas Artes sua dona latus et Lyram et Venae Salicntis Ictum […]’
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.
John Freind (1675–1728), British physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712.
Inscribed below: ‘M. Dahl pinx G Vertue Sculpsit 1730.
Johannes Friend M.D.
Serenisimae Reginae Carolinae Archiatrus
Cui suas Artes sua dona latus et Lyram et Venae Salicntis Ictum […]’
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.
John Freind (1675–1728), British physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712.
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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