Portrait of Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery
Date
1802
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Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery (1656 - 1733, British) , Politician
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height (print): 135mm
width (print): 85mm
width (print): 85mm
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Description
Half-length portrait of the Earl of Pembroke, wearing a long, curled wig, with armour and a lace collar. Pembroke’s body is turned to the left as viewed, his face to the right. Presented in an oval.
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 print appears at p.321 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld gives an account of Pembroke’s career and Presidency in pp.321-323.
Inscription below: ‘Pub May 1 1802 by E Harding 98 Pall Mall THOs. EARL of PEMBROKE.’
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery (1656/7-1733) British politician and government official, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685. He served as President of the Royal Society, 1689-1690.
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 print appears at p.321 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld gives an account of Pembroke’s career and Presidency in pp.321-323.
Inscription below: ‘Pub May 1 1802 by E Harding 98 Pall Mall THOs. EARL of PEMBROKE.’
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery (1656/7-1733) British politician and government official, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685. He served as President of the Royal Society, 1689-1690.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's A history of the Royal Society, vol. 3... (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.
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Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
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