Portrait of Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury
Date
19th century
Sitter
Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury (1660 - 1718, British) , Politician
Creator
John Cochran (British) , Engraver
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Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Charles Talbot, turned to the left as viewed. Talbot is presented leaning upon an architectural feature with a pillar and landscape behind. His left hand is at his hip. He wears a coat with a shirt and cravat, and a long, curled wig.
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.340 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text mentions the lifelong friendship between Lord John Somers, President of the Royal Society, and Chares Talbot.
Inscribed: ‘Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury. From the original of Kneller in the Collection of the Rt. Honble. The Earl of Shrewsbury. Drawn by Wm. Derby and engraved with Permission by J. Cochran.’.
Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury (1660-1718) British politician, variously Lord Chamberlain, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Lord Treasurer.
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.340 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text mentions the lifelong friendship between Lord John Somers, President of the Royal Society, and Chares Talbot.
Inscribed: ‘Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury. From the original of Kneller in the Collection of the Rt. Honble. The Earl of Shrewsbury. Drawn by Wm. Derby and engraved with Permission by J. Cochran.’.
Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury (1660-1718) British politician, variously Lord Chamberlain, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Lord Treasurer.
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
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