Portrait of Martin Folkes
Date
1737
Sitter
Martin Folkes (1690 - 1754, British) , Antiquary
Creator
John Faber (1694 - 1756, Dutch) , Engraver
After
John Vanderbank (1694 - 1739, British) , Artist
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Dimensions
height (print): 465mm
width (print): 398mm
width (print): 398mm
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Description
Three-quarter length portrait of Martin Folkes, looking left of the viewer, with turban, dark jacket and shawl, and white shirt. Holding a large book, behind, a bust and pillars are visible. From a portrait by John Vanderbank.
Inscribed below: ‘J Vanderbank pinx.t 1736 I Faber Fecit 1737
Martin Folkes Esq. F.R.S.
Sold by I Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square’
Engraving from MS/648/5 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Martin Folkes (1690-1754), British antiquary and natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1714.
Inscribed below: ‘J Vanderbank pinx.t 1736 I Faber Fecit 1737
Martin Folkes Esq. F.R.S.
Sold by I Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square’
Engraving from MS/648/5 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Martin Folkes (1690-1754), British antiquary and natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1714.
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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