Portrait of William Dampier
Date
late 18th century
Sitter
William Dampier (1651 - 1715, British) , Buccaneer
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Thomas Murray (1663 - 1735, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 150mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of William Dampier, wearing a coat, waistcoat and cravat, the latter pulled through the upper waistcoat. Dampier wears long natural hair and holds a book, A new voyage round the world. Body turned to the left as viewed, the sitter facing the viewer.
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.324 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. In discussing the career of Sir Robert Southwell, Weld notes that Southwell patronised Dampier, advancing money for the equipping of his ships.
Inscription below: ‘WILLIAM DAMPIER’.
William Dampier (1651-1715) British buccaneer and explorer, circumnavigator of the globe.
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.324 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. In discussing the career of Sir Robert Southwell, Weld notes that Southwell patronised Dampier, advancing money for the equipping of his ships.
Inscription below: ‘WILLIAM DAMPIER’.
William Dampier (1651-1715) British buccaneer and explorer, circumnavigator of the globe.
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.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
Associated place