Portrait of Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
Date
mid 18th century
Sitter
Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1600 - 1649, British)
Creator
Charles Hall (1720 - 1783, British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 65mm
width (print): 72mm
width (print): 72mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of King Charles, in a circular frame, in the form of a medallion; against a textured background.
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.1, at the commencement of Weld’s text and a chapter summary.
Inscribed above: ‘CHARLES I’. Inscribed below: ‘Hall sculp.’
Charles I (1600-1649) King of England, Scotland and Ireland, collector of art; executed following the English Civil War.
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.1, at the commencement of Weld’s text and a chapter summary.
Inscribed above: ‘CHARLES I’. Inscribed below: ‘Hall sculp.’
Charles I (1600-1649) King of England, Scotland and Ireland, collector of art; executed following the English Civil War.
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
Associated place