Portrait of Thomas Tickell
Date
mid 19th century
Sitter
Thomas Tickell (1685 - 1740, British) , Poet
Creator
Edward Francis Finden (1791 - 1857, British) , Engraver
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Thomas Tickell in half-profile, turned to the left as viewed. Tickell wears a long wig, coat and cravat.
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.343 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text refers to Thomas Tickell’s biographical study of Addison.
Inscription below: ‘Sir G. Kneller pinxt. E. Finden sculpt. THOMAS TICKELL.
Thomas Tickell (1685-1740) British poet and government official, friend and biographer of Joseph Addison (1672-1719).
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.343 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text refers to Thomas Tickell’s biographical study of Addison.
Inscription below: ‘Sir G. Kneller pinxt. E. Finden sculpt. THOMAS TICKELL.
Thomas Tickell (1685-1740) British poet and government official, friend and biographer of Joseph Addison (1672-1719).
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