Portrait of Christopher Wren
Date
c.1747-1770
Sitter
Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723, British) , Architect
Creator
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Artist
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 170mm
width (print): 115mm
width (print): 115mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of Christopher Wren, shown looking directly at the viewer. 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.viii-ix, as Weld’s introductory text discusses previous histories of the Royal Society, and the surviving archival records (including Wren’s) upon which they were based.
Inscribed above: ‘Engraved for the Universal Magazine.’, Inscribed below: ‘SR. CHRISTOPHER WREN. Printed for J. Hinton at the King’s Arms in Paternoster Row.’
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) British architect, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1660 and was therefore a Founding Fellow. He served as President 1680-1682.
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.viii-ix, as Weld’s introductory text discusses previous histories of the Royal Society, and the surviving archival records (including Wren’s) upon which they were based.
Inscribed above: ‘Engraved for the Universal Magazine.’, Inscribed below: ‘SR. CHRISTOPHER WREN. Printed for J. Hinton at the King’s Arms in Paternoster Row.’
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) British architect, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1660 and was therefore a Founding Fellow. He served as President 1680-1682.
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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