Portrait of James Bradley
Date
mid 18th century
Sitter
James Bradley (1692 - 1762, British) , Astronomer
Creator
John Faber (1694 - 1756, Dutch) , Engraver
After
Thomas Hudson (1701 - 1779, British) , Artist
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Dimensions
height (print): 242mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of James Bradley, turned to the right [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer. With dark robes, white necktie and a tight, curled wig. From a portrait in the collection of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below: ‘Thom.s Hudson pinx.t J. Faber Fecit
Jacobus Bradley, S.T.P.
Regalis Societatis Socius
Astronomus Regius et apud Oxoneinses
Astronomiae Professor Savilianis
Sold by 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.
James Bradley (1693-1762), British astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718.
Inscribed below: ‘Thom.s Hudson pinx.t J. Faber Fecit
Jacobus Bradley, S.T.P.
Regalis Societatis Socius
Astronomus Regius et apud Oxoneinses
Astronomiae Professor Savilianis
Sold by 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.
James Bradley (1693-1762), British astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718.
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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