Portrait of Aldo Manuzio
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
Aldo Manuzio (1449 - 1515, Italian) , Humanist
Creator
Moses Haughton the younger (1773 - 1849, British) , Engraver
After
Giovanni Bellini (1431 - 1516, Italian) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of Aldo Manuzio, in profile, turned to the right as viewed. The sitter is shown with long natural hair under a cap or bonnet.
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.11/12, as Weld’s text discusses the establishment of the Aldine Press founded in Venice by Manuzio.
Inscribed below: ‘ALDO MANUZIO. Engraved by Moses Haughton, after an original Picture by Giovan Bellino in the possession of Mr. [James] Edwards, Pall Mall.’
Aldo Pio Manuzio [Aldus Pius Manutius] (1449/52-1515) Italian humanist, scholar and founder of the Aldine Press, for the publication of classical literature.
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.11/12, as Weld’s text discusses the establishment of the Aldine Press founded in Venice by Manuzio.
Inscribed below: ‘ALDO MANUZIO. Engraved by Moses Haughton, after an original Picture by Giovan Bellino in the possession of Mr. [James] Edwards, Pall Mall.’
Aldo Pio Manuzio [Aldus Pius Manutius] (1449/52-1515) Italian humanist, scholar and founder of the Aldine Press, for the publication of classical literature.
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