Portrait of Roger Bacon
Date
1786
Sitter
Roger Bacon (1209 - 1296, British) , Philosopher
Creator
Richard Godfrey (British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 175mm
width (print): 115mm
width (print): 115mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of Roger Bacon in profile, within an oval frame, facing to the left as viewed. Bacon is shown wearing a cap and monk’s habit.
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 pp.6/7, as Weld’s text discusses the work of Roger Bacon and his De scientia experimentali.
Inscribed above: ‘FRIAR BACON’. Inscribed below: ‘Engraved from the Original Picture in the Collection at Knole. Pub. May 1 1786 by Richard Godfrey No.120 Long Acre’.
Roger Bacon (c.1214-1292?) British philosopher and Franciscan Friar, advocate of scientific method.
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 pp.6/7, as Weld’s text discusses the work of Roger Bacon and his De scientia experimentali.
Inscribed above: ‘FRIAR BACON’. Inscribed below: ‘Engraved from the Original Picture in the Collection at Knole. Pub. May 1 1786 by Richard Godfrey No.120 Long Acre’.
Roger Bacon (c.1214-1292?) British philosopher and Franciscan Friar, advocate of scientific method.
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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