Portrait of Thomas Sprat
Date
1755
Sitter
Thomas Sprat (1635 - 1713, British)
Creator
After
Michael Dahl (1659 - 1743, Swedish) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 170mm
width (print): 115mm
width (print): 115mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of Thomas Sprat in clerical robes, white bands and wig. The sitter looks to the right as viewed and is presented in an oval frame, with a pedestal.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The engraving appears at p.v, as Weld’s introductory text discusses previous histories of the Royal Society, including Birch’s History of 1667.
Inscribed above: ‘Engraved for the Universal Magazine.’, Inscribed below: THOMAS SPRATT Bp. of ROCHESTER. For J. Hinton at the King’s Arms in Newgate Street.’
Thomas Sprat (bap. 1635, d.1713) British bishop of Rochester, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The engraving appears at p.v, as Weld’s introductory text discusses previous histories of the Royal Society, including Birch’s History of 1667.
Inscribed above: ‘Engraved for the Universal Magazine.’, Inscribed below: THOMAS SPRATT Bp. of ROCHESTER. For J. Hinton at the King’s Arms in Newgate Street.’
Thomas Sprat (bap. 1635, d.1713) British bishop of Rochester, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's A history of the Royal Society, vol. 1... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
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