Portrait of John Freind
Date
mid 18th century
Sitter
John Freind (1675 - 1728, British) , Physician
Creator
Pierre Fourdrinier (1678, French) , Printmaker
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 115mm
width (print): 169mm
width (print): 169mm
Subject
Description
Engraved depiction of the front and back of a medal, depicting John Friend in left profile and two figures shaking hands (respectively). Possibly created to commemorate Freind’s death.
Front inscribed: ‘JOANNES FREIND COIL MED LOND ET REG S S’
Back: ‘MEDICINA VETVS ET NOVA
VNAM FACIMUS VTRAMQVE’
Below: ‘P. Fourdrinier sculp :’
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.
Front inscribed: ‘JOANNES FREIND COIL MED LOND ET REG S S’
Back: ‘MEDICINA VETVS ET NOVA
VNAM FACIMUS VTRAMQVE’
Below: ‘P. Fourdrinier sculp :’
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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